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Re: Point of reserve gear?

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
Situation A (team takes foul to place reserve gear in autonomous):
60 points (autonomous rotor) - 25 points (tech foul) = 35 points

Situation B (team places reserve gear in tele-op):
40 points (tele-op rotor)

40 > 35
True; however, this would still artificially inflate your match score (since fouls add to the other alliance's score). If done strategically against alliances you're confident you can beat by 6+ points, this could boost your team's ranking (as the second order sort after ranking points is cumulative match score).

EDIT: I don't condone this strategy (and personally hope the rules don't allow it come competition season), but as the rules are currently written I don't see much stopping it.
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