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Re: [FTC]: Robot Capabilities

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
Balls scored in auton. are essentially worth 15 points if there's a yellow ball in there. Balls scored without auto are worth 10.

It's because the balls are counted at the end of auton -- N balls
Plus whatever was scored during teleop - M balls

thus the point values are
5*[N + (N+M)*2]

or 5*[2N + N + 2M] = 5*[3N + 2M] -- thus since N represents autonomous balls, they're worth 5*3, or 15 points each with the double ball, meaning it's still worth it to do auto and get the ball. This makes for some very interesting math when making strategies, where impulse decisions can definitely cost you some points.
This is an interesting way of looking at things. While my gut response is "well you could just double the 10 point goal to make every 10 point ball worth MORE than an autonomous scored, then doubled ball", you do have to consider how accurate and fast your 10 point puker has to be. It's easier to shoot one ball with defense than 25.
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