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Unread 01-04-2005, 21:29
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Re: Winning Defensive Allaince?

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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
A few more clarifications:

1. I didn't say never play defense. I said 2 offensive robots and a defensive robot will not stand a chance against 3 scorers. Some of the best defensive move I have seen are done by offensive robots. If the other team knows that one of your three robots can't score, they already have an advantage.
Actually, I have to disagree with you there Paul. At BAE, Teams 121 and 126 were both offensive bots. Their partner, 350 was designed to stack, but played defense throughout the entire elimination rounds.

The finals, 121, 126 and 350 were up against 138, 175 (562 subbed in for them in Final 2) and 58. Now all three of those robots were offensive, yet 121, 126 and 350 were victorious. Although 138, 176, 58 and 562 did extremely well and really gave 121, 126 and 350 a run for their money.

a 2-offense/ 1-defense alliance can beat a 3-offense alliance.

My idea of a winning alliance is 2 strong offensive bots, and a 3rd robot that can cap (although not as well as the other 2) but also has a strong enough drive to play defense.
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