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Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence

Including Autonomous, a decent amount.

If teams score 2 discs in the top hoop in auton, that's 12 points. 18 left. That requires 3 top discs in teleop and a 10 point hang. I think any last place team can do that.

I'm skewed by the regionals I've attended but at some events half of the robots chosen to be a 3rd alliance partner are incapable of scoring any game pieces effectively. They are primarily picked because of a strong drive train and usually just play defense, only scoring as a lap runner/bot on a bridge/bot behind the line/etc. when that year's game allows for it.

Just as an example, we were the 13th seed at Wisconsin last year (which was a relatively strong regional by OPR from what I remember). We did not get picked in alliance selection but came in as a substitute for the #1 alliance when a robot failed in the first quaterfinal match. I don't think we scored more than 24 points in a match by ourselves the entire regional, and had an OPR of 12.6 for the regional (which was very close in ranking to our actual qualification ranking, I believe around 15th for the event).

If you can consistently score 30 you're in line to be a lower seeded alliance captain at most events. Definitely a 1st round pick outside of the district systems.


To get back to this original thread, this climber is quite entertaining to watch. The rollers remind me of 330's bot in 2004, with the ability to crawl sideways on the bar to block opponents.