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Re: Tele-op defense vs strictly focusing on cycle times and offense

Lots of potential for defense in this game, especially because the lifts aren't protected. With the middle of the field wide open, not too easy to play zone defense. Watch matches from 2013, common strategy was to bump and run. Don't go out of your way to play D, but if there's somebody there while you're cycling, hit them.

As for defense right at the lifts, could be very effective, but you need to have good vision because those lifts are all the way across the field and behind the airship. Need a wide-angle camera or you'll whiff as much as you hit.

You also need to project your match plan and how much time you have (realistically). If you think you'll have 20 seconds to spare without the potential to complete another cycle, or if you think you can get the second rotor but not the third, then you have time to play defense. If you're barely squeezing in that last scoring cycle, then you just try to score score score. That's the sort of choice where you definitely can't make an educated decision right now (you don't know how quick your cycles will be), so you plan for a robot that can handle the rough and tumble.
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