[SoccerTaco]

As has been discussed over and over, Einstein could be decided in the first second of the match if one side gets the majority of the cans from the step.

But let's assume each alliance pulls 2 cans from the step - then what strategy becomes important? What abilities are needed by alliance members?

For the 5 cans an alliance does have, they will clearly need to milk every point possible out of them - so 6 totes high and noodled for each of those 5 stacks is mandatory. But that is only 30 totes.

So the ability to clear the feeder totes and the landfill totes becomes important. Do the step totes then become decisive? Is that a second arms race that the top teams are planning for? Or maybe noodle throwers? Or litter pushers (to get thrown noodles to the landfill)? Auton? What becomes the important factors for an alliance?