[BrennanB]

Thoughts after day 1.

Secret Passage Abuse - Over and over I see teams getting destroyed by letting balls pile up in their secret passage. It's never a good idea to get stuck in a situation where you have 6 balls behind the glass. Throw them out far of your secret passage! Don't let them clog up! One match I saw 179 was unloading like 12 balls because they were all in the secret passageway and nobody stopped them.

Neutral secret passage defense - I saw you 4039! While it may have not been executed to a "T" it definitely made an impact. Sitting in front of the secret passage and keeping those balls in the secret passage is super strong. Force them to try to get into the area, reduce them to one robot scoring at a time. Block them from getting in/out. And if they don't come free balls for your scoring robots!

Notable teams

1405 - Causing the biggest courtyard havoc I have seen all season! Phenomenal play and stepping up your target selection since worlds. This team will be very scary to play against on the field in elims.

1241 - Not having the best of luck, and have hit some snags. Still putting up massive amounts of points. Will be curious to see when they get picked up.

195 - Best two ball auto at IRI, scoring left right and center.

3015 - Funny how two of the defensive players that I really noticed were on the world championship alliance. 3015 also seemingly making a huge impact on the field. Saw one match where they just slowed down EVERYTHING. Great work guys!

3683 - High ranked robot that just consistently gets the tower strength down. Pretty solid defense too. Hang is super reliable. Who ever said you needed to high goal to rank high?