Thread: The Chokehold Strategy of 2016?
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Unread 13-03-2016, 16:17
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Re: The Chokehold Strategy of 2016?
So you're suggesting there are drivers skilled enough to pin a robot in a corner for ~15 seconds and they wouldn't initiate a pin during that 15 seconds else the would be the ones required to disengage per G22. Oh and of course, cross a defense and challenge the tower in the last 5 seconds, hoping the other driver cant do the same. It's not going to happen, this strategy is mutually assured destruction.

This works in 1 situation. You're winning by less than 25 points. You haven't weakened the tower. Your opponent has weakened the tower. Your opponent doesn't have enough hanging capable robots to take the lead even without a capture.

If you manage to get in that one insanely specific and unlikely place where you as the weaker alliance have a lead but have worse boulder score, go for it
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