[etoleb]

From the robots that I've seen thus-far, it seems like many teams try to hit all of the boxes during the autonomous mode. I was just wondering... do you guys always try to get all of the boxes? What happens if two of these bots are alliance partners? Do you guys control each "wing" independently, or do you expect only one bot to go for the wall?

It also seems like this tactic is self-defeating during the qualifying rounds. In one situation, a koth bot would get 29 bins on their side, and end up with a 2 stack, while the opponents have a 2 stack with their human player boxes, which would give the winning alliance 114 (2*35+25 + 2*[2*6]) QPs.

Yet, in another situation, the koth bot would only take 17 boxes, leaving 12 for the other alliance. If koth bot's alliance gets a 2 stack and allows the opposing alliance to get a 3 stack, the winning alliance would get 173 (2*23+25 + 2*[3*17]) QP's. I mean, all stacks being equal, each box is worth twice as much in the losing alliance's scoring zone for the winning alliance. Why the need for a massacre?

Greg