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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
It was sick strategy. No offense to them, but 968's partners (IMHO) were not helping out RAWC as much as they should've. Don't get me wrong, they were darn good robots.
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There really isn't much that can be done when wide robots pin long ones. It was a tactic that really gained popularity at this regional.
Wide robots would use the bumpers to their advantage and pin robots between the kingpin and the trailer. Teams were able to "pin" robots without using the walls, even in the middle of the field. This strategy was demonstrated perfectly by 2543 during the Finals when they pushed the Holy Cow's halfway across the field, sideways, into the drivers station wall. 2543 had quite a machine, as they were able to maintain this pin on more than one team over the course of the regional, for extended periods.
We gave it our best effort to free our Alliance partner, but despite our best efforts, there really was nothing we could do to free 968.
In my opinion, 2543's choice early on to use their robot's low center of gravity and power ramping system to pin other robots, was a brilliant tactical decision. My hat is off to you guys.