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Re: Week 1 lessons learned: balancing strategy

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Originally Posted by GCentola View Post
Another thing I've noticed is that teams arent allowing enough time. The bridges seem to be last-second thoughts, and often dont turn out successfully.

On the cooportition bridge, it doesn't appear that there is any logical plan for approaching it. Are alliances discussing it pre-match? It would seem as if some sort of pre-planned process would help balance (as you said, two robots trying to adjust for each other just makes it wobble back and forth)
Definitely discuss pre-match. I usually go out and find our alliance members 3 matches in advance to discuss these things.

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Originally Posted by Tetraman View Post
I was the driving mentor/instructor for 174 this year, and I can say we have practiced the art of balancing every chance we could. Mastering such a thing is always difficult for anyone as a slight movement alters everything. But the number one thing we discussed was allowing time to score on the bridge and being ready for a team that makes a last second mad dash. If we get on the bridge with 30 seconds, or even a whole minute left on the clock, as long as it will end up with +10, +20 or +40 to our score (or +2 qualifying points) it will be worth it.
My thoughts exactly. Our team was struggling but once I realized this, it was a good thing.
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