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Originally Posted by themagichat
Not so much. This year there is no auto bonus. There also is no real strategic value to it beside the opportunity to start a row and get a clear head start. It would be one thing if 3 robots could all land ringers at once, but i scarcely see too many teams successfully placing keepers.
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The fact that teams aren't placing keepers is what I can't believe.
Here is the Rack:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Here is the rack if Red alliance hits 2 keepers apart from each other:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 R 0 0 0 0 0
R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Here is the Rack if than two robots on each alliance score two ringers each after the first 30 seconds of play:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 R R 0 0 0 0 0
R R R R B B B B - Red 28 / Blue 16
12 point difference is just like the 10 extra bonus points you got from winning autonomous mode in Aim High.
Now these are perfect conditions, and it is actually possible for red to get their tube where one of the blue rings are, therefore making the stretch even larger between the teams, 20 points to be exact.
5 tubes is as much as lifting one robot 12 inches. If you start off with even just one of those tubes on the rack, thats just as powerful as laying down the ramp and going up about 15 seconds early than normal.
Auto-mode may not seem like it...but it is a powerful weapon, and I am so surprised on how many teams don't take advantage of it.