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Originally Posted by indubitably
While I understand how this concern exists, I would be shocked if this became a common occurrence. Assist points are the first tiebreaker, so elite teams are going to, at very least, attempt to implement strategies that heavily favor assist scoring, especially if they feel the opposing alliance has a lower scoring capability.
Also, I have considered a great amount of robot combinations for this game and have yet to come up with one where even one bot would not have significant strategic impact. Even if a bot is playing defense, the zones they stay in, the bots they choose to defend, and the situations in which they may need to interact with the ball all affect what each alliance member needs to do to efficiently contribute.
I think the format of the game this year will allow for more teams to take the spotlight as people will be following the game pieces as opposed to particularly impressive bots. A strong defensive play will be more visible and a smooth assist will be highly regarded.
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Well the question isn't really about giving teams the "spotlight" I think every year has ways for teams to individually shine. People will from the get go know an impressive bot when they see one. The question is will a robot take an loss due to the fact of trying to give others the "spotlight"? Because there is only one game piece this year. I think it just enhances the chances of teams who build fantastic machines year in year out who may already have a not so great reputation to become the bad guy.
I would love for every robot to contribute to a match but after 6 seasons I know that there will be some that struggle. It would be different if there were more game pieces but there is not. This game even though others have said everyone can play this game may have people playing "Roles" more like in 2008. I think even Alliances with roles can be formidable this year more so than any other year (kinda like 2012 robot feeding triple auto.) (don't remember if MAR or somewhere else)
So my question is does the team who is in the running for a ranking cooperate or do they go rouge like Sarah Palin ? I think we will see both. I do not personally want this to happen but I feel its unavoidable. Gracious Professionalism is going to be pretty interesting to see this year because it comes into play more than other years due to the one game piece per alliance.