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Re: 50 POINTS

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Originally Posted by Siri View Post

TL;DR: Seriously, climbers -- I know at least half a dozen teams at my first event alone who would be more than happy to make you spend the entire match just struggling to get to those colored disks and back to the pyramid.
This, all of this.

Many people seem to forget, as we often do on CD, is that we are not all powerhouses, nor should every team aim to build a powerhouse robot. (Don't try to build beyond your means, etc.)

A team that fields a robot that scores 50 points in every match that it plays will, without a doubt, be in the upper middle tier at MOST regional and or district events. For those of you that haven't been following twentyfour, I suggest that you read into some of the posts.

To continue on with the 50pt discussion, if a team were to score 50pts by doing a Z3 climb, and then scoring 4 colored discs into the pyramid goal and do nothing else, this is what a robot would have to do in the same time to offset the points(assuming Z3 Climb and score has no auton):

- Score 2 Discs in Auton in the High goal, and score an additional 9 discs in the high goal during teleop along with a Z1 Climb.

- Score 2 Discs in Auton in the High goal, and score an additional 6 discs in the high goal during teleop along with a Z2 Climb.

- Score 2 Discs in Auton in the High goal, and score an additional 13 disks in the high goal without any climbing.

And the list goes on...

Notice how each of those alternate methods of scoring points rely on a few key things, notably autonomous scoring, the ability to reload at least THREE times during teleop and to be able to reliably climb. Using previous years as a guideline, I highly doubt 50% of teams will be able to do the above consistently.

Also, it's worth noting, that all of the above, assumes the Z3 Climb and Score Robot takes 2 minutes to do so. If they can get the total time down to 30 or even 45 seconds, they have more than half of the match to play defense - which, depending on how you look at it, is just as good as scoring points...

(PS: to the Z3 climb and dump teams, you can actually score 60 points with this method - if you're willing to take 6 foul points while doing it... Just sayin'.)
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