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Originally Posted by tindleroot
All of the gray totes and recycling bins on the step are fair game for both alliances. I bet high-level gameplay will involve teams battling over the center totes in order to get a high score.
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^This.
The robot you build to qualify and the robot you build to win finals are different. But, in either case, you're going to want to be able to at least get the recycling containers off of the step.
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Originally Posted by tindleroot
As for the yellow totes, I don't see any reason to take them away from the step, since they are not worth any points except for the coopertition points.
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Arguably this is where you WANT to put them. As you mention, after Auto completes, the only value they have is as coop points. Even if you don't get the points, putting them on the step clears them out of your end of the field.
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Originally Posted by tindleroot
So, to answer your question, yes, teams can take any amount of totes from the step. In fact, none of the totes are assigned to an alliance, it's all free game.
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Yes it is, but this is where you need some power. You didn't say this, but there's a lot of "you don't need a strong drivetrain this year" or "this is the year for mecanums" and such going around. It's fair game, yes, but if you get into a tug of war with another robot that grabs an item off the step, you had better be able to control yourself (+1 to pfrievald). This includes:
a. Not being so top heavy that your opponent can pull you across the step <G18>.
b. Be well controlled so you don't allow anything to fully cross off the step into your opponent's side of the field <G24>.
c. Use a mechanism that doesn't damage the game piece if you end up in the tug of war <G16>.