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Re: Troy Athens Regional

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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli View Post
Right, play to win. Play to win the event or play to win one match? This year, unfortunately, they are not the same thing.
I agree. However, when faced with the difficult task of a match against 469 on Saturday morning, our team had a dilemma. Half of our team wanted to "pull a Thunderchicken" and stack our seeding points, which no doubt would have put us into picking position, and the other half wanted to see what we could do against them. Some members figured that even if we lost (highly likely) we would be able to impress teams so we would get picked higher.
We knew we had an autonomous solely made to stop 469 from getting in the tunnel, but we had yet to try it out.

So what do we do? Guarantee ourselves a higher rank by scoring on ourselves? or fight like crazy to impress everyone, and show that 469 is stoppable?

I will admit I was torn as well. But, after talking it over, we decided to give it a fighting chance.

Seeing our autonomous work and hearing the whole crowd go crazy, was one of the greatest feelings ever. And while we only beat 469 by a penalty, we also had one dead robot, and our robot's signal was cutting in and out. Even if we had lost, we showed to everyone and ourselves that 469 can be stopped. It was a much more satisfying feeling, then purposely throwing away the match.

However, I will not criticize anyone who has used the 6 v 0 strategy. I understand why it is used, and how effective it can be. I just ask that teams think about actually trying to win first. It is much more satisfying and requires some, dare I say, fun strategic planning.

Congrats once again to 469, 217, and our mentorees 1188 for their great win at Troy. We will see you all at states!