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Originally Posted by TEE
akeisic,
Do you usually go that deep into strategy?
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Perhaps in my head... I try and keep the strategy as simple as possible for the drive team to keep them focused. We talk before hand to our general strategy and then I make the calls from there. My drivers may not understand the strategy at first, but they trusted me and executed. In one case (Einstein Semi #3), we let our opponets score so we would be in position to block the hang. For the finals, we broke it down exactly as I stated. As for executing the plan, I give credit to the drivers.
For the qualification matches, we knew we needed to be super aggressive to succeed and our strategy reflected that. In every match but one (against 67), our auto kicked 3 and went over the bump. Against 67, I saw that they were going to kick 3, go over and kick 2. The balls were not going to be in the middle and I knew some would miss, so we ran our kick 3 and stay auto. Sure enough, 2 balls came rolling our way and we cleared them both before advancing.
Furthermore, we spent some time Wednesday inputting the entire schedule into Excel. We then used 1114's scouting database and ranking system to get an idea of the strength of schedule and strength of match. While it wasn't perfect, it gave us a sense as to what matches were going to be difficult or not. We'd then talk to our partners and have a game plan
before we left for the field.
Our scouting team did a great job in providing me with a pre-match break down on the teams and what to watch out for. I knew which teams could hang and which we needed to defend against. We planned accordingly.
Another interesting strategy that we developed during the eliminations was advancing from the far zone to the midfield through the tunnel. Originally, we simply went over the bump, but going through the tunnel offered 2 advantages...1) balls tended to collect there and we'd easily pick one up and 2) it prevented our returning balls from heading over to our opponents home zone. You can see us executing this here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMBLhput8q0
Writing all this, I guess the simple answer to your question is: Yes.
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Originally Posted by TEE
akeisic,
Also, it seemed that part of your strategy included getting 1114 and 2041 to get in the way of 469. I'm guessing if 1114 had played midfield, fighting against 177 and/or 67 for additional balls, leaving you alone with 2041, you would have had more trouble?
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Here's a video of exactly what we were trying to do in the finals. Seconds 5-26 demonstrate our game plan: Push 2041 out of position, block a shot, clear it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZUFE...=azepgg YYFYE
Had 1114 played more in the midfield who knows what might have happened. Yes, it would have slowed down 177 and 67, but, I feel, it would also have slowed down the 469 cycle. With two robots in the home zone we needed to give attention to the biggest threat. Having one might have left us more time to clear. Remember, 1114, 469 and 2041 needed to be up at least by 2 to counter our double hang threat. And 1114 needed to hang from the home zone to stay out of the way of 469.
Either way, it wouldn't have changed our strategy. Either way, the outcome was going to be close. I'm just glad we pulled it off in two.