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I don't believe this is "cheating" the system. I would agree that it is an unintentional part of the game, but I think it is a valid strategy. The only reason I'll opt against agreeing not to wreck stacks, is that there seams to be a general concensus that it is unfair. I do not agree with this, but I will go along with it. (I do believe it is unfair to make agreements like this when other teams are purposefully not doing it.)
I think this only serves to make the games more interesting. There is nothing stoping the teams with the better robots from applying this as well. The way I saw the game played out at the Sacramento regional, the bins played an almost negligible role in the outcome of the game. All of them were shoved into the gray zones, and matches were decided by who had more robots on the HDPE. The score in our QF match was: 51 - 6. With the other team having both robots on the HDPE. I don't think that makes for an interesting game. Agreeing not to destroy stacks encourages a higher scoring game that is imo equally competitive.
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