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Originally Posted by blazingbronco18
First of all congratulations on advancing to the Einstein Semifinals. The real question here is did Robin use all the totes from the human player station? If they did then I agree, but if there were some totes leftover that weren't utilized, would there have been any negatives from attempting to score any extra totes that Robin didn't use?
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That is not the real question. One of the major things to consider in this game is match flow. There is a lot of movement on the field with a lot of points at stake. The initial intent of picking 1923 was their potential (and willingness) to be cheesecaked while retaining their stacking ability. Robin is able to empty the player station but that means pushing Batman's tasks to a pace that mistakes can be more easily made. Four stacks is a much more comfortable pace for us and we got into a rhythm where we consistently did that in the playoffs. We wanted 1923 to grab the cans, release, then head back to the HP to stack the totes we didn't get to. However (like Libby had pointed out) stacking the totes from the HP was not as reliable for them without their ramp. Instead, we came to the agreement that they would spend more time positioning the cans then move the auton totes out of the way. This aided in match flow and unlocked more points for the alliance than a single uncapped 6 stack would earn us.
This will be a little off topic but speaking of match flow... 1923 seemed to be a master at it (or at least caught on insanely quick). During the process of removing the cans and moving the auton stack, they would spend a lot of time around the near scoring platform. They did an absolutely fantastic job of tip-toeing around the stacks. I remember a couple times yelling that we were coming with a stack and *poof* they would disappear. This is even more impressive when you consider that they were dealing with a brand new system on their robot.