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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
Once you get the cans, you would be far more attractive as an alliance partner if you can also take care of getting noodles in the cans and stacking them high, or at least delivering them to your alliance partners.[/list]
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Come alliance selection at st louis, I feel that the first alliance team will have to make a very tough choice. Do they pick the second best stacker and risk being chokeholded, or do they pick the best autonomous can grabber and then pick a not top teir stacker robot that will be able to put up (at least) 6 stacks with litter with you.
148 almost put up 5 stacks on their own in the eliminations at dallas (in week 1 mind you), except one of their stacks took a tumble transporting it. I'm willing to bet they practice more and fix any issues they have and are capable of doing 5 stacks consistently in the future.
If all of those are topped with a bin and litter, most likely the best the other team can do is tie them by matching them. (The other team wins if they have an additional stack of any size).
So say you're in 148's shoes on Tesla and finish qualifications and are seeded first. I would choose the team that can grab 2 or 4 middle bins the fastest then pick the best landfill stacker.
So, for whatever team is considering this: if you already have a spot at worlds, I think it is a very viable game plan. You better hope you are one of the fastest robots that can grab those bins though. You won't seed very high most likely, but the teams that will be alliance captains will take full notice of your potential for them.