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Unread 23-08-2014, 17:06
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Re: Penalizing mecanum wheeled robots durring alliance selection.

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Originally Posted by Abhishek R View Post
It's interesting to see that different regions may have different takes on drivetrain choices. I noticed a lot more mecanum robots in Orlando than I did in Texas (it seemed like 1/3 of all the competition used mecanum).
49 tank, 10 mecanum, 2 jump drives and 1 swerve.
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Originally Posted by Abhishek R View Post
I figure this might have to do with the mentality of the teams. Again, this is just from my observation, and it's not a blanket statement. But in Orlando, it looked like everyone is more focused on outscoring the opponent rather than denying points from the opponent (which isn't bad, as long as your alliance has more points at the end is all that matters) - in short, offense > defense. For many teams, this was their first regional, yet the finals saw scores around 180 on both sides.
This is why you see mecanum drive in Florida. Defense is not played nearly as much as in other places and most alliances go for the outscoring strategy. Just look at QF 2-2 at South Florida in 2013. The match had 3 mecanum drive robots, no defense and a 149-103 score.
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