[EricH]

Originally Posted by dodar

Also, if you were a team that didnt build a highly effective robot, with there being only 1 ball per alliance and robot ability/time really decides the score of the match even 1 robot on an alliance that is out of tune or uncapable of keeping up with the others would be detrimental to winning a match if playing offense; therefore, it would be better for all 3 teams if it played defense. I would hope teams, rookies or veterans, would be able to see that.

There is more than one way to tip the score differential in your favor. Some prefer all-out offense, scoring lots of points. Others prefer all-out defense, preventing points from being scored. The best strategy, of course, is a mixture of offense and defense.

If you can't play offense because of X, then I HIGHLY encourage spending lots of time practicing and playing shutdown defense. I could see picking a team that could consistently and legally prevent the ball from going to the scoring side of the truss, particularly as a 2nd pick, regardless of offensive capability (though opponents might be pretty offended ).