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Originally Posted by davidthefat
Well, my mentality is that we do not have much time to practice with teams because we are given our match sheets on the day of qualifications. I can confidently balance solo, I rather not run the risk of trying with another team until I get solid practice with them.
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At San Diego, balancing with another team didn't seem too difficult, as long as only one robot was trying to move at once. The strategy that seemed to me to work best was to have one robot pull down the bridge from one side, drive onto it and to the other side, tipping it down for the other robot. Then the second robot pushed the first until they were balanced. Go for a double balance this way if you can.
However, because you plan to balance during autonomous, it sounds like you have a reliable autobalancing system, so this would be a point in favor of balancing solo to safeguard against an unskilled driver on your alliance.
As for coopertition vs. alliance bridge balancing, you should go for the coopertition bridge only if you are ahead or more than 10 points behind the other team. In the first case, an alliance bridge would not get you any additional seeding points, and in the second, would not get you any at all. Otherwise, go for the alliance bridge.