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Unread 19-03-2006, 12:33
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Re: Starve Them!

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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
Mike A,
If you do not think you can win auton, then don't shoot. Get in position and rapid fire as soon as your offensive round starts. You will overcome much of the auton deficit. I agree that winning auton is a big advantage, but not just because of the 10 points. The bigger advantage is the 80 seconds of continuous offense and the transition game that has to happen in the last 40 seconds for the team that loses auton.
At Midwest, this is exactly what team 71 did in the last match of finals. They were against team 111, who has a vicious automode, which is nearly impossible to stop due to their turret, and were winning auto every time, while 71 was wasting balls, as they were less accurate in auto than in human control. Thus they tried the strategy of saving their balls to have a huge first round, but they ended up in trouble because after emptying their stores, they went back to human load, and were blocked, not pinned, into the corner, and never made it back across half court.

Its an interesting strategy, but I am of the opinion that you must win auto mode if you want to win the match.