[pandamonium]

The reason behind why this strategy works isn't in my opinion any of the reasons mentioned, it is actually much more subtle. Have you ever watched 1st graders play soccer? everyone on the same team clumps around the ball making it harder for the team to actually score. When 3 robots try to pick up tubes from the same general are the same thing happens. What this strategy does is it spreads out your alliance making your team more efficient. Taking a tube from the far side of the field isn't a 2 tube swing it actually is more like a 3 tube swing because the closer tube that you could have gone for is still open for your alliance partner.

The blanket strategy this year is having a solid drive team.

also this may sound redundant but a good alliance will establish a "right of way" or some sort of flow so that robots do not get in each-others way.