[thefro526]

Here's a few things I found out.

If you're HP loaded only you're in for one hell of a fight. There are usually 40 or more balls on the floor within the first 30 seconds of the match. Most robots will load up from the floor in less total time than a bot will load from the HP (including transit time), also when you're loading, it's worth it for a robot to drive and try to score on you, most HP's have less than five balls that they can shoot into in them. Unless you can drive to you HP and load in Autonomous mode. (see team 25)

Floor loaded Robots, There are a lot of balls on the floor. And I mean a lot. We were able to gather 15 in about 30 seconds or less. I hope you hold a lot of balls.

Dumpers and Short Range Shooters, I've discovered two very effective and valuable moves.

1) The Moving Pin. You can pin an opponent's trailer while both your robot and their robot are moving. It's a trick but trust me it works (See 25 play). As your opponent moves about the field get behind then and pin the trailer against them. It makes it incredibly hard for them to move but it also makes it so that you can control where they go. Try it, you'll like it.

2) Make walls to pin against. Strangely enough, your alliance members make excellent objects to pin against. It makes it extremely hard for your opponent to watch where both you and your partner are. Have your partner stop and pin your opponent against them, this works extremely well if they have a turrenting scoring mechanism.

General Bits of Advice:

1) HP's, Don't Waste Balls. If you control the balls you control the match, it's that simple. Play smart, not hard.

2) The field is going to be glitchy for the first few matches, don't get frustrated. Make sure before you give the ok to the Refs that you get battery voltage from the robot, if not tell them to hold off.

3) If you've practiced on "Regolith" that was on a hard floor you're in for a nice surprise, the Regolith over carpet combo is a bit grippyer.

4) DON'T EVER STOP MOVING.