[sircedric4]

I think during qualifications, scouting will be extremely important on how you approach this question. Scouting will tell the team members which person has scored the most points previously and how consistently they were. Whoever has the best record should get the priority on the pyramid.

If you simply listen to the people on each team, they will all tell you they can score 100 points and that their robot is the greatest thing since sliced bread. If you can produce your scout sheet and show that you know that they are greatly exagerrrating, it greatly improves your negotiations.

I would also think that any shooter worth its salt will have at least a couple positions it can shoot from.