blocking the shutes - possibly a workable strategy
blocking the views of those behing the drivers station - several things I see wrong with it.
1) you'd get on a LOT of people's bad sodes for it, your opponents and possibly your alliance partners for keeping the scores so low.
2) Gracious professionalism people? Sure you want to win, but if you have to impair the other team's view to do it, then that doesnt seem to be graciously professional at all
3) every year some one comes up with the idea to block the other team's views. While in the past its been the drivers and not the human players (for obvious reasons), the rationale is the same. team member that cant see = against the intent of the rules/game. I think FIRST was trying to avoid putting in rules like that in hopes that most teams would have the insight to realize that you could try to do that any year, blocking the opponents view, and not really be creative or playing the game. It just seems to go against what FIRST stands for IMHO (just my opinion, if you have a different one you're welcome to state it, but dont trounce on me!

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4) You'll be going up against a variety of teams. Theres a decent chance that at LEAST several of the teams in the top 8 were teams you used that strategy against, and they probably wont choose you.
I dunno, I just think its not a very good idea, kinda mean, not a terribly great chance of success, violates the purpose of the game (in my opinion), and would get your team on the bad side of far too many people (other important teams, judges, etc). Do what you wish, and stick with what you feel your best strategy is, but as for me, I dont plan on using this strategy.
(BTW is anyone actually seriously considering using this strategy or are we just having a hypothetical debate?)