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have some faith :-)
Posted by Ken Leung at 2/21/2001 5:16 AM EST


Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.


In Reply to: Re: Big Balls
Posted by Peter Krumdieck on 2/20/2001 7:32 AM EST:



I have to disagree with the point that "Big balls: They're just not worth it."

I see your point that it takes times to get big balls on the goal. But you have to keep in mind that the strategy of not going for the big ball will be easy enough for a lot of teams to do well in it.

If you are just going for a common strategy, then chances are you will have a common standing among the other teams. I supposed it would be good for teams to do this during qualifying rounds, because it will allow a consistent scoring for teams who do it.


But during elimination you still want to get as many points as possible. As I mentioned, most teams in the elimination rounds will be capable of the common scores, such as getting in the end zone, balancing a goal or two, and a fairly good time-multiplier.

So what's left in the game to get more points is big balls, small balls, and stretcher. Most people agree that small ball is just not an efficient way of scoring, while others believe that the stretcher is too big and heavy for a fast game.

So what's left is the big balls. Going for the big balls doesn't necessary mean it will slow the game down. Since there are 4 robots on the field, one of them can go for the big balls while others are busy on their task.

So what am I saying? I am saying that the teams out there are going to be good enough to handle the big balls without losing any time multiplier unnecessarily.

Have some faith. :-)



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