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Re: Boulder Starvation

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Originally Posted by Cothron Theiss View Post
I think stockpiling boulders in the secret passage is a risky form of boulder control. If you bring boulders to your own secret passage, you would have to dedicate a full time defender to protecting the boulders in the passage, so a HG scorer can't swoop in and have quick access to boulders right next to your tower.

If you dump a lot of boulders into your opponent's secret passage, the opposing alliance has much more access to those boulders due to being able to cross from the neutral zone to the secret passage and back.

I think it's possible, and I wouldn't be surprised if we saw some strategies aimed at this, especially later in the season, but I think it is very risky.
I haven't tested any of these ideas yet, but if you accumulated balls at the end of your secret passage, and then assigned your third partner to stay near them to prevent your opponents from using your secret passage, it could theoretically slow down both your opponent's top scoring machines while only occupying your third robot.

(Your opponents can't cross from the neutral zone to your secret passage, that incurs penalties)

I'm very curious to see how these strategies shape up in the coming weeks, rather than in my theoretical math.
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