Are people forgetting that touching the opponents pyramid is a technical foul? If I were a drive coach I would have the robot steer clear of the pyramid, let alone have them drive under it to play aggressive defense on another robot.
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ROBOTS may not contact or otherwise interfere with their opponents’ PYRAMID. Inconsequential contact will not be penalized.
Violation: TECHNICAL FOUL. If an opponent’s CLIMB is affected,
RED CARD, and
Each affected opponent ROBOT will be awarded points for a successful Level 3 CLIMB.
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Also, I would tend to agree that an robot with mild offensive capabilities playing defense fits this years game better than a pure defensive robot. If I were a top end team, I would love my second pick to have a shooter, that simply gets the frisbees across the field from the feeder station and can hang for 10. No floor pickup, not even an accurate shooter, no 30 point hang and dumps. Just something to feed the disk hungry teams. After shooting a few, you can play defense on teams on your end of the field, come back and feed them more, etc. and then a 10 point climb at the end game. Also this strategy allows for a decent attempt at autonomous, even if it's in the middle or low goal.