[Alex Cormier]

Alright, with a few ideas down already. I'll give out my thoughts.

If I was on the alliance with only one team, I agree with everyone here. Try my hardest, show off some tricks, and do not get one penalty. Just imagine if this team was a mid ranked team. They would have everyones attention on them, this is good for some teams and bad for others. Hopefully if my team ever have this situation we will not buckle under the pressure. If my team had won, just imagine what those top 8 teams would think? For this game, I would have kept one ball on top (unless the opposing alliance knocked it off), while the robot had a dream day and hurdled as much as possible.

Now, if I was part of the three team alliance, it would be totally different. My first thought was to keep both balls on top and do laps only. Another one would be act like it is an ordinary match and try your hardest and do not change the strategy that was brought to the table before the match. In this case, there was a little time to talk to the other alliance. With it being after a timeout called, I would have watched that clock and watch if the robots were making their way to the field. If the other two robots were not, I would go up to the single team and have a conversation and get their opinions on a few ideas.