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Originally Posted by BandChick
Has anyone suggested just playing defense at the base of their ramp to stop them from heading up it all together? Wouldn't that just rule out everything you guys are discussing? Then there wouldn't be any question of GP by "accidentally" tipping them.
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This thread has changed from its' beginning as folks don't read through all the posts. It began as a robot waiting on top the ramp and tipping robots over as they tried to get up.
About three pages back, the point was raised that it seems to be better strategy to go out and harass a robot trying to get back the full length of the field rather than let it completely cross the field untouched, and then attempting to stop it. With the shooting motors drawing power from the batteries, some robots are going to find it difficult to climb the ramp on their own power. Anything you can do to challenge and slow them down as they cross will just make this a greater possibility.
Remember the teeter-totter bridge in 2001? There were robots who were unable to mount and cross it. In 2003, there were robots who were unable to get up and be king of the hill at the end of a match. We will see similar attempts this year as teams will overtax their systems and not have the power left to get up the ramp at the end of a match. Why wait at their ramp? Think of how much more energy they will expend pushing two robots (themselves and a blocker) the full length of the field, compared to just pushing two robots in front of the ramp.
Folks who are affiliated with schools, you have possibly three on-staff tacticians who can help you strategize about this years game. The basketball coach, the football coach and the soccer coach. There are elements of all three of these games inside this years challenge. You additionally have a bunch of geeks who sit around and continually discuss strategy to defeat an opponent -- the Chess Club. These are folks who strategize constantly. Use your resources! Just because we can build a great robot doesn't automatically mean that we are all great strategizers.