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Re: Week 3 Impressions of Rack n' Roll

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Originally Posted by GeeForce View Post
I saw 47 pushed so hard for so long that the rack actually moved several feet. I saw 469's arm literally in pieces at the end of the day.

Cruel and sadistic, probably not. Ferocious and overly-powerful, maybe.
Agreed, I would not call any of that defense "vicious", but ferocious is definitely right on the spot. By the end of the day, our robot had taken some serious beating, and needed, among others, a new arm, new side panels for part of the ramp and some new structural members on the telescope.
I would not say our alliance lost because our opponent was using the rules unfairly or ramming us, but rather because we:
1) did not score fast enough: even with double teaming, we still managed to score. With more driver training/a better arm/god knows what, we might have been able to score enough to counter ramp points
2) did not coordinate well enough with our alliance with the final ramp points. During the Finals - match 2, 302 and 1502 got in the way of each other while trying to climb the ramp. Taking a second to think about it might have let us all depart with a gold.

I created this thread with the intent to discuss how the game was evolving strategy-wise and reflect on the best way to play that game. What I would like to see is people highlight their own mistakes and take a second to decide on a way to avoid such mistakes to be made again. As a team, 469 doesn't blame 247 for being "ferocious" but we rather try to see what WE could have done to win that match. The rules are how they are, referees are imperfect (guess what, they are human beings like you and I). To win this game, a team must take those shortcomings into account and make a robot/follow a strategy, that can win WITHIN those conditions. It might be very blunt to say it that way, but if a team is not able to win against a defense that would be qualified as "barely legal", then it is not meant to win. For now, 469 falls within this category.247, 124 and 903 deserved their win for a very intelligent approach to a match they knew they would not be able to win with the rack only.

Francois. Sorry for the big block of text, i might come to edit later. Right now I just had time to throw a couple of ideas together.
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