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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
How about three offensive robots that can also play defense? Those of you rampers that think you will have undefended ramping at the Championships like you did at most regionals are in for a rude awakening.
You rampers that are playing defense on the far side of the field better beware because the smarter offensive robots will trap you on that far side of the field. Then what?
Let's see ... 24 places to score between 3 robots or one place to score (60 pts) completely depending on your ramper ......
I think the threat of the ramp is more important than actual ramping (in eliminations). Three decent scorers is devastating to try to stop.
If you want my ideal alliance: 2 scoring / defensive hybrids that MUST be able to score on the top spider and a Hybrid that is decent at scoring.
By the way, by my count there are at least 24 good scorers in Galileo which means our division has a great chance on Einstein (whoever represents us).
With that said, you great double rampers in Galileo will be a hot commodity since most people believe the ramp is absolutely critical ... I'm just not one of them.
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This tactic was tried against us at BAE GSR. Only 1 team was able to pull it off (Kudos to team #40 Checkmate).
The reason that most cannot do it is because the drivetrains for most offensive robots are designed for manuverability and speed, and not the raw pushing power which is needed to trap a good defensive ramp.
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