[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

We went into the match knowing full well we were going to loose, we just wanted to show other teams that it was possible to block 1986. As good as their shooter is from under the pyramid, their accuracy drops to less than 50% from anywhere else on the field. ( I think this is mostly due to driver practice and not robot functionality)

As good as 1986 is, I think they will not have such an easy run of it in Oklahoma, as teams are going to install blockers at 60" to force them to leave their perch under the pyramid and shoot on the fly. The biggest advantage they have is the 7 disk auto (which is awesome), but by week 4 others will have it also (through programming changes or robot mods)

We were surprised too that no one picked up on your blocking idea and used it on us in eliminations. Your team did an excellent job of strategizing ways to keep the score down. Teams that emphasize the climbing aspects of the game should be very interested in lowering the teleop shooting so their points matter more.

Saw another interesting strategy where the defensive bot sat in the opponents protected feeding zone, and the loading bot couldn't get to the zone to draw the penalty, much less load discs.

We definitely had a sweet spot to shoot from, although by the time Oklahoma rolls around we should have about 11 other equally sweet spots to pull up to. We have all of the KC regional to practice with in week 3 before heading to Oklahoma in week 5.

Just noticed 2848 is going to be in Oklahoma too. Our scores were higher playing together than playing against each other. Hope to see you on our side next time we meet.