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Re: Defensive assault strategy?

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Originally Posted by efoote868 View Post
That's not to say it doesn't happen.

One of my mentors long ago told me a story about how creative FIRST teams can be in playing games. Unfortunately, I don't remember the team numbers but the situation was as follows:
During 2004 (First Frenzy: Raising the Bar), one of the teams had a net in which they could catch all the balls from above when they dropped. They were very good at what they did, and their robot seemed unstoppable.

Until another team figured out they could drop the doubling ball in their net, thus jamming the robot and preventing them from catching any of the balls.

If any of you were around long enough to witness this, please let me know who was involved. I'd love to see it on Youtube (if it exists).
I remember seeing this, I believe in Chicago....

There isn't really a strategy similar to that for this game. I will agree that's one of the few times that using a scoring object for defense was a good idea.
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Teams I've been on:
Team 45 - The TechnoKats - Student/Leader/Driver 2004-2007
Team 1646 - Boiler Precision Guessworks - Mentor 2007-2011
Team 3301 - Jay County Robotics - Teacher 2011-Present