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Re: Cycle Time

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Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink View Post
An alliance that puts too much focus on defense is not scoring, at least not with a high assist count. With two of the right robots and a fairly simple third bot, a 60 point cycle is possible in 20-30 seconds. If you can achieve a couple of these cycles, any attempt by the defense to slow you down will prevent them from ever catching up.
You may be right, but when you see you're opponent go for a 60 point cycle, you're gonna send one of your teammates that don't have the ball to to slow it down regardless of score. It's just instinct.
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