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Originally Posted by DampRobot
I doubt many teams will shoot full court, as I have stated in the other thread. While I will admit that it is a whole lot easier to shoot full court than last year, I just don't think it will be an effective strategy.
We've seen in year after year that effective robots often get really close to the goal, especially when shooting is involved. 2012 saw many "fender bots" that nevertheless were extremely successful (971, among many other teams, specialized in close range shots). In 2006, many effective robots got on top of the ramp to shoot or even just dumped into the low goal. Lots of teams like to focus on long range shooting, and forget that the most accurate (and highest percentage) shots are those that are taken from close to the target.
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My opinion is that the successful teams of 2012 saw the limitations of the inconsistent foam basketballs and decided that in a game with barriers in the field and such that shooting from close and picking up from their own half of the field was the more effective strategy. Now won't those same teams see the opportunity to shoot a consistent game piece next to a protected stockpile of them as an opportunity they can't pass up?
The threshold of accuracy from those pitiful foam toys was too low for sniper shots, and basketballs could easily be transferred to the other side of the field by the human player. Do that same strategy this game, and you will suddenly be down an alliance robot, which is transferring frisbees across the field anyway.