[Siri]

We're not even near the 1114/2056/etc level, but our (winning) alliance selected us at Horsham for barrier traversal and defense. We do it quickly, and it keeps us out of the scorers' way by leaving the bridges for offensive play. It let us "get the drop" on the opposition for defense and is effectively faster at the start of teleop--critical against dunkers/short rangers. We also won a few qual matches for back court (though sometimes by fouls).

I also saw quite a few teams at Chestnut Hill use it when they were ball-starved on their own side. This is getting more and more common as teams wise up and start blocking the inbounder tosses (which is really very, very easy). Good teams can do it quickly and effortlessly enough to sail over, feed, load up and score. It's a big part of an event-winning as well as a match-winning strategies.