[KrazyCarl92]

If an alliance prefers to perform a tote stack or tote set in auto, then they will have to start on the field. If an alliance plans to do neither and has a good human loading robot, it makes perfect sense to put them behind the alliance wall for field clearing and coopertition purposes. Or if an alliance is incapable of tote sets/stacks or coopertition, it generally makes sense to leave them off the field to make more room.

However, at high levels of play, I find it difficult to believe that alliances would simply not perform a task for 20 points they could get during auto. If a single robot can reasonably perform a tote stack, then this leaves 2 partners to perform tasks during auto which can also earn points or acquire additional game pieces for later in the game. Additionally, already having a neat stack formed with which to use for coopertition right off the bat makes clearing the field and getting 60 points quite a fast set of actions.