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Re: Triple Cyclers or Defense?
Think about the "opportunity cost" of having a dedicated defense robot in your courtyard:
- They aren't scoring any boulders
- They aren't breaching any defenses
- They aren't delivering boulders to your high goal shooters
- Your high goal shooters are making fewer, longer cycles (on average) because they need to complete the breaching.
- The defense robot is "idle" any time they are alone in the courtyard.
- Defense carries a high risk of collecting fouls
- Defense slows down good scorers, but rarely stops them.
You can't just consider the goals blocked. You also need to consider the affect it has on your own offense. There is more to defense than sending a dedicated robot into your own courtyard.
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NC Gears (Newaygo County Geeks Engineering Awesome Robotic Solutions)
FRC 1918 (Competing at Standish and West MI in 2016)
FTC 6043 & 7911 (Competing at West MI and Allendale in 2015)
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