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Re: Triple Cyclers or Defense?

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Originally Posted by Rangel(kf7fdb) View Post
Well that year 12 tubes was the real max scoring you could do that year since the bottom rows were worth almost nothing. If more than 12 tubes was needed, I could see triple offense being viable. The goal that year was to score 4 logos and prevent your opponents from scoring 4 to give some wiggle room for minibot races.
And this years max is 8 boulders, the rest is worth significantly less

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Not having a presence in your own courtyard allows the opposition to poach balls out of your secret passage.
There aren't any balls there to begin with.

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I don't know what you guys are talking about - triple cycling is defense. You have to break this paradigm of "are we gonna play defense (push people) or are we gonna play offense" because the best third robots don't fit such a clean paradigm.
Exactly. This is a key point to this game, and any game with non-alliance specific game pieces. However just because offense is defense it does not mean it's the best defense.
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