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Re: 4 vrs. 0 or 2 vrs. 2:Some Thoughts
Posted by Ameya Agaskar at 05/26/2001 10:05 AM EST


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In Reply to: 4 vrs. 0 or 2 vrs. 2:Some Thoughts
Posted by Ben Mitchell on 05/25/2001 11:00 PM EST:



: Correct me if I’m wrong, but two on two is just a robotics smash-a-thon with a little strategy involved.

You are wrong. Last year's game was NOT "a smash-a-thon with little strategy involved". It involved much strategy, and crashing into and damaging your opponent's robot was NOT in your best interest. This was especially true because in the qualifying rounds, your team received three times the losing team's score (in our first qual match at Rutgers last year, our opponent didn't realize this. Our team's robot wasn't working yet, and our score for that match was 0. Our opponents score: 0.) You had to make sure you beat the other team, but you also had to make sure that your opponent had a high score. Plus, you didn't want to damage your opponent, because there was a good chance that they would be your partner in another match.
Also, if Spike 3 (which had little in the way of armor) could survive falling out the back of a pick-up truck traveling at 60 m.p.h., it could survive a little shove on the field.

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