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Re: How fast will you score a gear on a side peg in auto?

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Originally Posted by pmattin5459 View Post
I've had these arguments before. Essentially, the inconsistency and effort put into a two gear auto is much more than just cheesecaking a gear box and some "go forward" code onto a pushbot.
My assumption was 2 gears scored by the alliance, not 2 gears by a single robot. Scoring 1 gear gets you the auto bonus for a single rotor. Scoring 2 gears gets the exact same bonus. Scoring 3 gears gets you the bonus for 2 rotors. So I could easily see teams decide to skip the gear and go for balls instead if they have an alliance member that can score one, but they know their alliance can't score 3. And while that strategy may earn them a couple more points, it may not be the right strategy to get picked.
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