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Originally Posted by Chris Hibner
Keep in mind that had the coopertition bridge not been in play, the win-loss record probably would have been a bit different. Many of the top teams placed a high priority on the coop bridge going into this past weekend. I'm willing to bet that the standings would have been pretty similar if the coop bridge didn't exist.
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That's absolutely true, and I hadn't particularly thought about that to the extent I should have.
That said, I'm not 100% sure about that. If you have another robot on each alliance that isn't coopertitionating (that's a word now), then you have another robot for each alliance that can score or balance. If teams sent their best balancer/best robot in general to the co-op bridge (which would theoretically be the smart thing to do), then that robot is left to score for their alliance, potentially balancing things out. So, in theory, it would be a wash, or close to one. But that's just my guess. This will require further study
Also, with the 20pt cap on balancing in qualification rounds, the addition of a 3rd robot solely for benefiting the alliance wouldn't be a super drastic change. Depending on the alliance, strategy and robot firepower.
But that's definitely a point I need to consider more next round. Thank you very much for pointing this out to me!
-Leeland