['lil robo-girl]

Another point in favor of doing the defenses is that capturing a tower requires three bots. That means if some team on your alliance is disabled, too slow, not watching the clock, touching the carpet with their bumper, or otherwise not on the tower when the timer hits zero, then all the work you did, all match, was pretty much wasted. On the other hand, I can see one well-made robot single-handedly crossing all the defenses before the end of the match, and thereby nailing down one Rank Point for sure.