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Originally Posted by wilderbuchanan
Unless some teams develop non wheel robots that can stack a tote every 2 seconds from anywhere on the field ,i don't think it will matter that much. I think teams will target stacking the recycling bins and autonomous because both are worth a lot more.
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As noted, this is mostly going to matter to top ranked teams in Elims. Especially at MSC and Champs. The question you have to ask yourself is if you think a #1 or #2 seed is capable of doing more than three 5-6 tote + container stacks. If they are, then you're starving them for points if you can control all 4 of the shared containers.
Also, picking the containers up isn't actually necessary for a denial strategy to work. You just have to get them onto your side of the field. Once they're beyond the step, they're off limits. I wouldn't be surprised to see a specialized auton and mechanism to swipe the two middle containers in autonomous mode and count on winning the race for one of the two outside containers.