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Re: 10 point goal versus 1 point goal

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Originally Posted by marshall View Post
Not in the elimination matches. It's just not worth it unless your 10 point shooter can make it in every single time. If the ball bounces back then you have wasted at least another 5-10 seconds getting the ball back under your control and into the goal. That's 5-10 seconds you are taking away from a 18-20 second cycle time if you have someone like us or 148 performing a full court assist over the truss.

I suspect that you will see full court assisting going from one robot on one side of the field in front of the oppositions 1 pt goal to another robot sitting on the other side of the field in front of their own 1 pt goal by the time Einstein matches are being played out. Those robots will likely be putting it in the 10 pt goal but the cycle times will be under 20 seconds and to shoot and miss will be devastating to an alliance.
I 100% agree. This strategy will take over games with the right robots doing it. If done properly it is as close to being indefensible as you can get in this game. The best part about it is that the ball (if done properly) will never touch the ground so there is no time lost chasing the ball around. I don't think it will be a very common strategy at all because it takes a very powerful shot to complete. For those that can shoot it that far, it will be deadly.
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