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Originally Posted by jcarr
In FTC last year, there were a lot of matches where our drivers only picked up one basket, or they only lifted it high enough to win comfortably, not to blow out the other team. Should we have gone for two or three baskets at maximum height every time? There is the danger of the robot freezing due to a Samantha glitch or something bad happening if you try for two or three baskets and don't make it, versus just lifting one higher than anyone else earlier in the match, but generally we didn't think it was GP to blow out a weak team. Is deliberately underscoring an insult to our opponents?
The flip side hurt us - when we needed three baskets at maximum height, we hadn't practiced it enough and sometimes had trouble.
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Gracious Professionalism has zero to do with the game on the field as long as it is played in good faith by the rules in my opinion.
Practice vs. risk-of-damage is a discussion in itself.
