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Originally Posted by The Zevling
The factor you're forgetting (which is completely understandable, considering you aren't an active VRC member) is that matches during the seeding rounds are completely random. If you design your robot defensively, there is no guarantee that your partner is offensive.
Is anyone familiar with the prisoner's dilemma*? That sort of thing could occur here:
1) Because the worst possible scenario is two defensive robots, everyone will build offensive robots.
2) because everyone has offensive robots, a defensive robot will always create the "ideal match-up".
3) Several teams, following this logic, create defensive robots.
4) Several teams, anticipating #3, have to decide whether to create an offensive or defensive robot. It seems safer to make an offensive robot, but that puts you back on #2.
I myself have found no rule preventing my "uber-wall", which would ideally block all ball transference except where specifically allowed by my robot.
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The same dilema is sometimes present in FRC and a team has to decide that for himself, right now I have a design in mind that could successfully acheive both. If only I knew what VEX stuff looked like. I have a great idea for a ball manipulator and it can also block the goals. I want to join VEX so badly, too bad I'm probably the only one on the team that does.
And I thought about the uber-wall, and I agree it could be a winning strategy, however, the viability of getting a 12 foot by at least 4 foot wall out of a 18 X 18 inch box is slim. But I'd love to see a team prove me wrong.