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Originally Posted by inkling16
Why don't you want there to be defense? I thought that the defense this year made the game more exciting and more like a sporting event. In addition, it was a somewhat reasonable fallback for the teams that could not make a robot as awesome as 3467's  |
Thanks for the kind words!
I think Pat was making a reference to the evolution of the rules. Defense is a big strategy every year. Many teams design strictly defensive robots and others defensive features like blockers most teams added them during the season but some had elegant systems from the beginning. On 3467 our number priority every year is that if our robot can't play offense it has to be able to play defense. All three years we have made two speed 6wd robots that are short to the ground and can play some solid defense. Its a design decision that always proves its worth. This year our robot wasn't what is is today and mainly played defense before evolving into a strong offensive robot at our second regional.
Back on topic, FRC has been evolving with rules limiting strong defensive play that was huge back in the earlier days of FRC. I remember games where there were defensive strategies that were extremely effective at shutting down opponents, but it doesn't lead to exciting matches.
Every game as an effective defensive strategy, you just have to find it.