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Unread 25-10-2006, 16:36
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Re: generic strategy, what works best?

Our team usually picks one scoring method, and focuses on accomplishing that. We try to keep some kind of "secondary" thing as an option, but it's not the focus and if we can't do it oh well. We keep our resources in mind for anything of course; machining is not an option, and we don't want anything that begins to wrack up the $$$.

In 2004 we focused on scoring balls in the mobile goal and capping it (we couldn't cap the stationary one). We finished as AZ Regional Finalists and were the #5 seed.
In 2005 we focused on capping tetras as high as possible to ensure the top tetra. We made it to the semi-finals, were the #4 seed (got picked by #1), won the GM Industrial Design award at AZ, and missed the highest score thus far in FIRST by 1 point (Florida scored just higher 1 hour before).
In 2006 we focused on scoring in the center goal using the camera. We made it to the semi-finals, were the #24 seed (got picked by #2), and were one of a handful of teams at AZ that could score in autonomous with the camera.

As for actual matches, our strategy is "get a higher score than the other team". If you do that you usually win.
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