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Re: Is Defense key to this game?
The notion that a scorer can score over a defensive bot of any kind is ridiculous. If that bot can move, It can keep you from scoring. The smallest height possible, 4', covers one spider leg, and makes it nigh impossible to score on another. That is with the defensive bot sitting still in front of the spider leg(s). Our robot will score on the bottom rung, get the ramp points in the end, and play a mean defense when that is needed. I have a feeling that bots who follow our strategy will be highly successful in this years game.
I know for a fact that if you give me a drivable robot base that is 12" off the ground, and set me in front of one of the best scorers, I will be able to stop them from scoring. Period. There are little things that you can do, like catch their bot in the sweet-spot on their corner... and when you do, they can't score.
Defense will be key in this years game... just like in any game before it.
P.S. We (arguably) won the Philly regional last year with defense.
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