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Prediction
Posted by Dodd Stacy.

Engineer on team #95, Lebanon Robotics Team, from Lebanon High School and CRREL/CREARE.

Posted on 1/18/2000 12:09 PM MST


In Reply to: Answer me this first... posted by Joe Johnson on 1/16/2000 9:09 PM MST:



I'm going to predict that we will see a general shift in strategy after the first 2 or 3 rounds of Qualifiers. I agree that the Teams controlling the flow of the match will probably err on the side of winning for sure. The alliances then looking clearly at a third or fourth good drubbing will ask themselves how to play out the last 30 seconds of the match. They've lost the first 2 or 3 with 15 - 20 points each, and it's coming clear that they are not going to seed into the Eliminations.

So do they play diligently to get the max points that their overwhelming opponents allow in this match? This curries favor with that particular opponent, showing what a good Beta team player they are, and helps that opponent to get seeded.

Or do they say, ok, we're not getting seeded this way ourselves and we're just getting beaten up, so let's show everybody what we're capable of defensively starting now? Let the seeding sort itself out, and we'll be visible and desirable as a killer defensive partner for the winner-take-all Elimination match strategies. And by the way, if none of the teams that cross our path get seeded because of that, then tough. They just didn't figure out the strategic options and machine offense capabilities well enough.

I think the people worried about wussification of the game may be surprised.

Dodd


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