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Re: [FTC]: Defense vs. Gracious Professionalism

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Originally Posted by Rick TYler View Post
In the matches I've seen with better-quality robots, nothing that happens after autonomous really makes much difference. Defense, offense, or sitting on the ramp, if your opponents dump two trays into the center goal in auto the match is pretty much over.
It works the other way too - if you block an opponent during autonomous and make them accidentally dump their two racks on the floor instead of in the goal, they are going to have a seriously hard time winning. Blocking autonomous programs, mindgames, and strategy will make things much less predictable at Worlds.

(But it still means that things will mostly be decided by autonomous. Which means that my team has a lot of work to do before Atlanta. )
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