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Re: Bringing home the gold?

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Originally Posted by Dzdconfusd
190's strategy is only "unstopable" when:
A. They don't fall over. (They have a high CG)
B. They have a partner who can play good defense.
D. They bar blockers actually deploy. (Although this was probably just abuse in NH)
C. They aren't facing a bot so good with small balls that the doubler is irrelevant. The bar is only 50 several teams can beat that with small balls every round.
Like many other successful teams, our strategy somewhat relys on being picked by (or hopefully picking) an alliance that complements our skills. Alone, we probably couldn't win.

As for other teams I think will do well, I am a big fan of teams that can get to the bar in autonomous mode. I think the winnining alliance will include at least one. I haven't seen many competitions, but I know that 484 could do it in Philly (when their hook didn't fall off). If they get the bugs worked out, I can see them being a very dominant team.

Oh, and don't worry, we'll have most of the tipping and shield problems fixed by Friday.
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