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Not even 800 (w/o 10% bonus)
Posted by Kevin Sevcik at 03/26/2001 12:12 PM EST
Other on team #57, Leopards, from BT Washington and the High School for Engineering Professions and Exxon, Kellog Brown & Root, Powell Electrical.
In Reply to: Anyone think that anyone will get near 1000pts @ Nat's
Posted by Joel G on 03/26/2001 11:34 AM EST:
I don't think teams really have a chance of even breaking the 800 pt. barrier. Really, you just have to look at the timing and math of the whole thing. The recent 710 was with 4 bots in the endzone, 2 big balls, and a full goal. I'm willing to bet that this is just about the limit of any alliance's scoring ability.
If the alliance is going for a 10x mult, then the only way to top 800 is to do the above, plus have a stretcher in the endzone. Since the stretcher bot can't do anything, this means that you'll need a bot that can pull the stretcher really fast and accurately, and still be able to score a big ball, all in under 40-45 secs. Or, you'll need a bot that can score two big balls at once. I think either of these occurances are highly unlikely. Especially considering how hard it seems to be to control the stretcher.
A second option here would be to fill up the other goal with smalls. The only problem here is that there are almost no teams that specialize in rapidly moving about smalls after regionals. Plus, the bot would have to put 8 or 9 smalls in within 30 secs. All in all, I think this is rather unlikely as well.
If the alliance is going for a 12x mult, then they have even less options due to the time constraints. The alliance would need 67 base points to score 800. Filling up a goal takes atleast 30 seconds (I've watched) so getting 7 in and scoring 2 big balls in under 30 seconds, plus getting the balancer into the endzone would be a VERY tight squeeze. I think the only real option here is 4 endzone, a stretcher, and 2 big balls. This MIGHT be possible, but again, I think the strecher makes it too difficult to pull off.
I havent outlined all the strategies to pull off a 800+ score, of course, but these are the only ones that I see as even remotely possible. Even so, I think the chances are pretty slim, and I think we've seen just about the highest score we ever will. Without the extra 10%, atleast.
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