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We did a strategy session before the game began. We talked about what kind of performances, and types of robots we would expect. We then gave each "robot" an Uber tube to start out with, and the first match, all 6 teams place all six Ubertubes (not very realistic). The kids then did a very good job of walking back and forth and getting tubes, and politely not bumping into each other (not very realistic). Then we began teh countdown with 15 seconds left, and the bots got into position and launched there minibots (raised their ands) at the 10 second point. We then tallied up the score, and talked about the realism of the match.
After that match, we played a couple more and made more realistic alliances. We ran full matches and measured the scores at the end and paid very close attention to what interactions effected the score.

I would recommend doing the simulation as your results may very.