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Re: Is throwing worth it ?

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Originally Posted by TheMadCADer View Post
If you want "full" 60 point cycles, you will need to throw over the truss and shoot into the high goal. To be the most time-efficient you can be, each robot should ideally only possess the ball in one zone. This would make an "ideal" match flow as follows:

Robot A receives ball from human player in Red Zone.
Robot A launches ball over truss to catching Robot B in White Zone.
Robot B somehow gets ball to Robot C.
Robot C launches ball through High Goal while in Blue Zone.

However, if you replace the High Goal with a Low Goal in that last step, you only lose out on 9 points per cycle.
The way i see it, the fastest and highest scoring way is to do this:

Robot A receives ball from human player in Red Zone.
Robot A passes ball to waiting Robot B in White Zone (before the truss).
Robot B throws/lobs the ball over the truss
Robot C reacquires thrown ball
Robot C shoots/throws ball into high goal.

I just think maybe a thrower should be in the white, and not the red. Just my thoughts...
P.S. I might think this just because I don't believe catching is going to be a big deal...
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