[Bob Steele]

I don't think this game lends itself to exclusively defensive robots. Shuttling the tubes back and forth is much more valuable than simply playing defense...
My ideal configuration would be two small very quick shuttling robots that can bring tubes down to the scoring area with one GREAT tube placer taking their tubes and putting them on the rack...and occasionally playing defense against the other team as it comes down to pick up their tubes.

I think that putting the tubes on the rack.... can easily be done by one good robot with that function..

If you try to keep too many robots in the scoring area which are shuttling back and forth... a defensive robot can effectively play defense on all of them.... by spreading the field you make the defense much more difficult... a small robot that can bring tubes up and drop them into the scoring area somehow... will be quite valuable...defensive robots will have to be really careful to NOT cross that line...

Two robots shuttling back and forth will be tough to defend... with one robot...

It is just like any other sport... you want to unbalance the other team... make them use more of their resources to defend a smaller amount of your resources thus allowing you to gain an edge..

This is a game about moving the tubes.... that is where the game will be decided...

Along with the minibot finale...