Originally Posted by corpralchee (Post 859288)

Well if you had two large dump bots I'm sure a strategy could be to fill both of them up and then dump one out of play and the other on your opponents side. However I'm not sure that in this game removing game pieces from play is that effective. You could just put them on your opponents side instead.

Originally Posted by ttldomination (Post 859284)

I'm wondering, would it be beneficial to dump balls outside of the arena...Let's say that a bunch o' balls get pushed over to your side, and you have a large capacity to do a final load, but not quite large enough. To minimize the score on your side, would it beneficial to dump a load outside of the field?

Originally Posted by The Zevling (Post 858334)

The factor you're forgetting (which is completely understandable, considering you aren't an active VRC member) is that matches during the seeding rounds are completely random. If you design your robot defensively, there is no guarantee that your partner is offensive.

Is anyone familiar with the prisoner's dilemma*? That sort of thing could occur here:

1) Because the worst possible scenario is two defensive robots, everyone will build offensive robots.
2) because everyone has offensive robots, a defensive robot will always create the "ideal match-up".
3) Several teams, following this logic, create defensive robots.
4) Several teams, anticipating #3, have to decide whether to create an offensive or defensive robot. It seems safer to make an offensive robot, but that puts you back on #2.


I myself have found no rule preventing my "uber-wall", which would ideally block all ball transference except where specifically allowed by my robot.

Originally Posted by AlexD744 (Post 859747)

I have a design in mind that could successfully acheive both. If only I knew what VEX stuff looked like.

Originally Posted by AlexD744 (Post 859747)

And I thought about the uber-wall, and I agree it could be a winning strategy, however, the viability of getting a 12 foot by at least 4 foot wall out of a 18 X 18 inch box is slim. But I'd love to see a team prove me wrong.

Originally Posted by AlexD744 (Post 859747)

And I thought about the uber-wall, and I agree it could be a winning strategy, however, the viability of getting a 12 foot by at least 4 foot wall out of a 18 X 18 inch box is slim. But I'd love to see a team prove me wrong.

Originally Posted by The Zevling (Post 859750)

You think it needs to be at least 4 feet? I think 2 feet would stop most designs.

I guess it depends on how common shooting robots will be. This being Vex, my guess is they won't be, but I might be wrong.