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Originally Posted by MagiChau
Defense was a killer in Michigan State Championship for minibot race. For instance the 8th alliance in quarter-finals, Team 74, blocked Team 469 from deploying at the start of the end-game. It gave their alliance a better chance of winning and resulted in 469 being unable to deploy and their alliance taking 1st and 2nd place respectively with Team 216 taking third. Seems better to secure the 10 or 5 points from a better result in minibot race with your third robot if you aren't going to complete a logo in top or middle row. Unless you're one of those drivers that just has to pull off a tube hang after deployment  |
I don't think this'll be a big issue at Championships, but I guess it's worth saying now.
Know when to sacrifice one of your minibots to stop the opponent's faster minibot(s). Even if there are 2 robots on each alliance that can score a minibot, if you can't do it faster you're time's better spent keeping the opponent from scoring theirs.
I suspect that at St. Louis all elimination round robots will have a reliable minibot (if not their own, then their alliance partners') in case one is being heavily pressed by defense.
I wasn't able to watch any matches with Dragonfly from 3553. How'd they do this season?