We realized that we couldn't stack well from the center station with the state of the polycarb at St. Joseph (our robot requires driver alignment of totes, you could say,) so we picked alliance partners to join our seventh alliance who could stack solidly. We made it into the semifinals, capping 3 stacks per match. It was a similar strategy we used at Southfield to make it into the semifinals.
Not the best by far, and not our only strategy (we usually build a 4 stack with a container on top, from the chute,) but it worked out well for us. We really enjoy 2014-style alliance play.
