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Re: Observations after week !

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Originally Posted by jblay View Post
also i saw very few teams human loading. The only 2 teams i saw human loading where 1923 and 25 but only like 2 or 3 balls when they drove up to the player and 1625 who loaded up only at the start of the match. what are peoples thoughts on this matter?
We started human loading friday at BAE, and continued through saturday and elims. Near the start of each match, we drive up to the outpost and are loaded with 3-4 balls, in order to fill our hopper without sticking around for too long. Afterwards, we stayed to floor-loading. This worked well, as long as we used it wisely, and got away if strong dumpers or shooters came up to us from behind - in one semi, we stayed around for a second too long and got a load of moon rocks scored upon us by BUZZ. This was the only instance that this mid-field paused caused us any real vulnerability, though. Overall, I felt this strategy proved solid.

However, that is only to speak for a quick, optional and partial human load strategy, and not for dedicated human loading. What troubles or successes have teams going with no-ground pickup strategies encountered?
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