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Re: 2009 New Jersey Regional

It was fun watching all of you today. I tuned into this regional a whole lot longer than the Midwest..
After flipping through regionals all day, I must say, this flooring has really evened the field of teams somewhat.
I saw great teams get stunned when rookies played lots of defense on them.

The bots that scored were the ones left unattended while picking up rocks from the ground, making them lethal when on the attack.

Clearly, even though our team chose a shooter, dumpers that unload all at once were highly effective.

In summary, I saw no high-level strategies being employed other than staying away from HP, PS, and high-scoring opponents, and chasing opponents to dump your rocks in.
In the midwest, I saw a few more strategies involved, limiting high scoring machines and some losing also. 2 on 1 strategies can limit your opponent a lot, based on my observations today thanks to that flooring.
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