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Originally Posted by dtengineering
In Portland ramps were quite dominant. In Toronto, the rack was quite dominant. In Portland, it seemed relatively easy to defend against all but two or three teams... and keep them from scoring ringers for the whole match. In Toronto, defence just slowed the scoring down a bit -- not to say that there wasn't great defense being played... particular kudos to 48 as mentioned above for playing strong, clean D -- but there were so many teams at Toronto that could punish you on the rack that it was hard to stop them all.
Jason
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Jason:
I think the key thing here is to understand that an elimination alliance needs to be willing to employ TWO robots for defense in order to shut down a quality opposing alliance. One isn't enough to keep the scoring down. I won't go into details (do your homework!), but this strategy has led to a finalist, a championship, and a semifinalist finish at the three regionals we've
attended.
People may be all like "OMG 2 defensive robots? Like, that's totally bogus! Gag me with a spoon!", but it works. I feel we've got the formula for success down, and we're looking forward to trying it at least 2 more times this year, at the Championship and at IRI. For the mere sum of $10,000, you too can own the secret to this formula. Please send all checks to.........
