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Originally posted by fast frank
i was thinking on the plane too. i was still trying to figure out how to beat team 71. i know that they were beaten when they got hung up on the goal, but i couldn't figue out any other way.
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We had them beat in the semi-finals, match 2. We had all three goals in our scoring position, but then at the 24 second mark our robot shut off for some unknown reason and rage pushed one of them back into theirs. They beat us by one ball =(
Anyway, what happened is that 60 started on the inside instead of the outside cause we figured they needed to get to the goal faster. They grabbed two and we helped push them into scoring position. Since we pushed the two goals so fast, 71 was not able to grab onto the third. We took this oppurtunity to 'swerve' around to the other goal and push it to the others. At this point, 173 grabbed onto the goal and tried to suck up balls. We pinned them up against the railing which prevented them from moving, and whenever they tried to go around we 'crabbed' and pushed them back into 71. Like I said, this continued until the 24 second mark when we were shut off *sigh*
Also, in the finals they were beat by pushing the center goal full speed into them at the very begining, which prevented them from grabbing the other two. This also broke their bot
So that is how the beast can be beat, very possible. Looking back we should have done the same strategy we used in the second match in the first. Oh well, my hats off to them, they have one hell of a tough robot
