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Originally Posted by Chris is me
Defensive strategies will be a factor but the days of picking a robot to just play defense and hang for 10 are long gone. There are too many ways to score points, too many robots that can do it, and too many alliances that will need to be taken down with sheer firepower.
I don't expect any "pure" FCSes on Einstein (robots that can't cycle / hang past 10 / do something else well without tipping).
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I don't think this is necessarily true... Even if you put up a perfect defense against a FCS, it is still going to score at least as many points as the defender. More likely, it will score at least a couple of Frisbees, meaning that its alliance partners (who are effectively playing a 2 on 2 game) will have an advantage. The key will be for the FCS to no mindlessly shoot into a pool noodle. Rather, it must move around a little and find open shots; the worst thing it can do it drain its allies disks by needlessly firing away - and taking them away from undefended cyclers.
I am not saying that there *will* be a pure FCS on Einstein, only that it is a real possibility.