Thread: Week 1
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Unread 05-03-2010, 22:45
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Re: Week 1

It is still very difficult to break the mentality of "must win" in a match. The idea that you can lose 9-0 and suddenly be 5 places higher in the standings is completely backwards, in my opinion, and having to explain to your teammates that it was "good" to have been blown out just causes confusion.
There is at least one team in the top 10 in our regional that has no place being there.
Seeding complaints aside, the strategy evolution is interesting, to say the least.
Like I said, it's difficult to break the mentality of needing to win in the match. In our second match, we were behind 2-1, and I originally told our robot to play defense on the other robot so that we could pull ahead. The defense isn't really the issue here, it's more that many teams are playing ineffectively. If your midfielders/defenders aren't able to cross zones and can't effectively pass balls forward, you will be dead in the water not getting any balls. Our team has had to transition zones much more than we anticipated during matches, just because we had to accommodate our alliance's needs.
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