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Re: Smart team vs. Good Team

Just look at the competitions that the number 8 alliance beats the number 1 alliance!!! Being the smartER team is how they do it. Ephasis on smartER, because great teams are great because they know how to play the game well.

Perfect example was Groton. 195 (and 78) had great and beautiful machines that dominated. As the number 8 seed, captained by a robot that just played defense (with lunacy wheels, yet somehow there driver did an amazing job). We feared the quarterfinals. Somehow in the 4 matches we played (1 became a replay) we beat them 3 times! We look back and believe it was because although the number 1 seed had the best offense in the world, they lacked passing (not as much this) and defense. I am not saying that, any team on the #1 alliance was not smart or good, we just somehow outsmarted them when it came to strategy planning.

Strategy CAN win a match againt the greatest
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