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Originally Posted by Ryan_Davis
That's frightening.  |
Do the math on a feeder bot actually being a shooter bot that coincidentally only feeds even most of the balls shot.
Assuming half of the missed shots from beyond the barrier are picked up by your alliance and the other half are picked up by the opposing alliance, what do you get?
25% shot accuracy yields a 1.5-1 advantage over your opponents.
33% shot accuracy yields a 2-1 advantage over your opponents.
50% shot accuracy yields a 3-1 advantage over your opponents...
And that doesn't take into account that every ball you score as feeder is a ball your alliance partners don't have to go get and score, which gives them time to do other things (like either play defense or go scoop up balls to make that ratio better than 50-50.)
Now mind you, the distance error in a shot is approximately x*tan(theta), where x is the distance from the hoop and theta is the number of degrees between the perfect shot and where you actually shot. This translates into a maximum tolerance of about one degree at half court (ignoring distance discrepancies). Crazy, unlikely, almost unbelievable -- but we're going for it. At the very least, it should improve our shooting from the key!