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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
I actually love that this year finally allows for rough and defensive play. More so than the last few seasons. I love it!
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We are a 5 year team, and are still in the process of building our program. We often dream big in terms of robot design and either run out of time, don't have enough mentors, deal with materials sponsors pulling out, etc.
Needless to say, we don't always wind up with the robot we want, but try our best to make due with what we have. One of our team's strongest suit is our ability to read and break down the rules to make the best out of our competition experience. This plays out by us determining the best defensive strategies allowed by the rules.
As JEE7S said, we play stifling defense, and we play it proudly. In the past three years we have consistently either been in a picking position or been picked for elims, and as we have seen, matches in elims have fundamentally different dynamics than matches in quals. Defense is part of the game, and as someone else pointed out on another thread, these competitions aren't engineering exhibitions, they're games with strategies, and as with any game, regardless of what mechanisms we have, we will play as graciously, professionally and competitively as we can
