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Re: Einstein Finals: Curie (469, 1114, 2041) vs. Newton (67, 177, 294)

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Originally Posted by IBdrummer View Post
2041 being stuck in goal was the biggest reason they lost in the second match. In the first match 1114 going into their home zone seemed to be the decision that prevented them from winning. Once 1114 was back there the zone was too crowded for 469's loop to work (one ball hit 1114). Then once 1114 tried to stay out of the way they ended up waiting for seconds at a time for balls to roll off before trying to score the other balls at home.

Although I thought that was a major flaw in the Curie strategy, 294's ability to stop the loop while being defended against was amazing. I watched 2041 almost the whole time on Einstein and while 294 was unable to break away for enough time to shoot balls they were able to maneuver around enough to stop a significant number of balls being scored by 469.
1114 in the near zone in both matches along with 2041 stuck in the goal easily cost them the finals as 294 saw the opportunity to block the other goal and prevent any score. 67 and 177 were left undefended in the middle and near zone with a decent supply of balls allowing them to score, score, score. Had 1114 been in the middle zone, I could have seen a Curie win as 469 would have been able to sink more shots with 1 less robot to redirect around and less balls for red, more balls for blue with 1114 scoring, moving them into their near zone.

Whatever the outcome or possible outcome, those were two intense matches!
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