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Week 1
So what strategies and problems are we seeing so far at week 1 regionals and what do you think elimation will look like?
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I am seeing WAY TOO MUCH DEFENSE. The defense is causing way to many 0s and 1s to count. I am also noticing way to many penalties (I saw 9 for one team) these are the two main things to consider moving forward in the next four weeks.
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I'm seeing way too many bots that have a large gap between the ground and their belly causing upwards of 3-6 penalties from the 3" rule. Also a lot of bots that can't acquire or shoot much more that like 5ft.
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I definitely agree with the poster above
1) Lots of defense in the qualifiers, even when the team is up by 5+ points. With the new ranking system, this is not to your advantage 2)Tons of penalties. By far the most common was having the ball come in more than 3". Some robots did not appear to have anything at all to stop this, others had devices fairly high up on the ball and they would drive up over the ball, getting it trapped beneath them. 3)With these low scores, fast consistent hangers will definitely have a big edge in qualifications. 4)Don't try to hang before the finale unless you've practiced this maneuver! Expanding while touching the tower, then backing up to reposition a hook was another good way to rack up some penalty points. 5)Stay away from your opponents tower and any robots around it during the Finale. This was the last of the penalties I saw being racked up frequently |
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The new ranking rules are REALLY hurting teams. There are teams in the top 18 who really should not be there and teams down lower who should be higher.
To the GDC: It is not bad to help out teams who are not doing well, but don't drag down teams who build good robots. I have a feeling that several good teams at regionals will make it into elimination due to the alliance captains being robots that can't do much. :o No offense. Good luck tomorrow everyone! :) |
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Although there were no penalties called today in NJ (practice day) I couldn't even keep track in my head. A lot of teams just don't know the rules. I heard, "Someone told me that [blah blah blah] was a rule, you better watch out so the refs don't call a penalty for that."
Teams were just confused. I don't want to hear "somebody told me, so I am going to ask someone else." It was disconcerting. Other than that, it was interesting that the primary source of scoring came from just herding the ball into the goal. Not so much in the ways of distance shots. Also hanging appears to be quite challenging for a lot of teams. On the plus side, scores were higher than I expected... then again there was no defense or penalties on practice day. |
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As far as shooting the ball off the field, it should only be a penalty if there is intent. |
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2. we broke some stuff on ours and it will be fixed tomorrow 3.we got the most consistent one at kansas city and thats what were hoping we didn't have good teams with us 4. we did and don't get any penaltys that way 5.that lost us lots of games with our partners geting unecessary penaltys we're up on the tower by then |
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Ball posession is EVERYTHING. Even if you don't have a kicker, possessing balls and being able to maneuver consistently with a ball in tow triples the amount of points you'll get. With only a few balls ever accessible, everything you can do to make this number higher is necessary.
Hanging is really, really nice to have. |
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