[AndrewPospeshil]

One interesting thing to note is that at the Livonia district (where the 503/548 "Battle of the Baseline Bins" occurred) the first three picks were all bin stealers - 548, 27, 503. Granted Robotstangs were seeded 2nd and had been 1st for most of the previous day, but neither 27 or 503 were in the top 8 during alliance selections - 10th and 12th iirc. This goes to show how control of the center bins becomes much more important during high levels of play. Even in a district playoff, alliances can exceed the 3 standard cans and will need extras. Especially in finals where games are win/loss, controlling these center game pieces is crucial. I'm excited to see how the FRC meta progresses. Last year's was really fun to see how the game gradually evolved into passing the ball as fast as possible without using the actual floor, but this year's bin stealing meta will be just as exciting I predict. I think the FRC community is gonna go wild when tug-of-wars become really common.