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Unread 06-02-2008, 16:13
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Re: Ball Hogs

We initially designed our bot to BE the ball hog slash galmour bot. It has a great way to capture an unpredictable ball. It has a great way to place the ball on the end, and a fast enough way to hurdle. It has a way to knock only our own alliance's ball off the overpass in the beginning. No guts no glory right?

As it turns out, there are bots that are able to hurdle much better than us. We intend to support our alliance using any means necessary, including giving up the ball to a launcher. We all benefit when we use our most efficient methods to score, and I think everyone echos that sentiment for eliminations.

However, the question of whether or not another hurdler is "better" than us at hurdling will inevitably come up in seeding matches, especially in the early matches since we've never seen the other bots play. This will be a judgement call, on the spot. Even to the detriment of our own team, we'll probably give up the ball in order to give another bot a chance while we simply play support. We do, after all, have ways to score that a launcher does not: reliable placement at the end. Knowing the competitiveness of the later matches though, this may not always be the case.
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