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Re: 50 Pt. Climbs
I think it all comes down to 3 points:
1. Climbing to 30 was really hard.
2. Climbing to 30 consistently was even harder.
3. Because of points 1 and 2, you are now in a high risk 'all or nothing' type of strategy.
The last point is something many teams overlooked. Shooting points came in small chunks. While those chunks were smaller than a 50 point climb, they were generally easier to attain chunks. A team could build to 50 points and beyond over the course of an entire match, instead of executing one maneuver.
To me for a dedicated climb and dump robot to be picked they needed to have extremely high consistency.
At Orlando we chose 4451 as our first pick from the 2nd seed (declining the 1st seed, and passing up several other shooting robots) because based on our scouting data, they had the highest probability of scoring 50+ points a match. The reason for this was their near flawless execution of just getting to the top every match. They did not disappoint us as they climbed to the top in all 9 of our elimination matches.
-Brando
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