Go to Post Now THAT's the way FIRST is supposed to work :) ! - Stu Bloom [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > Competition > Regional Competitions
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
 
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #4   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 10-03-2002, 01:01
Mike Soukup's Avatar
Mike Soukup Mike Soukup is offline
Software guy
FRC #0111 (Wildstang)
Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: May 2001
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Schaumburg, IL
Posts: 797
Mike Soukup has a reputation beyond reputeMike Soukup has a reputation beyond reputeMike Soukup has a reputation beyond reputeMike Soukup has a reputation beyond reputeMike Soukup has a reputation beyond reputeMike Soukup has a reputation beyond reputeMike Soukup has a reputation beyond reputeMike Soukup has a reputation beyond reputeMike Soukup has a reputation beyond reputeMike Soukup has a reputation beyond reputeMike Soukup has a reputation beyond repute
stuck in a rut?

Unfortunately there were not a lot of ball bots at KSC, so the strategy of picking up and scoring a big load of balls never took off. Teams found a strategy that worked (dominate 2+ goals) and didn't want to deviate from it.

I cringed every time I saw 2 robots protecting two goals in a scoring zone and 2 bots left to roam free with one goal. If one of those robots could score 11 balls and their partner played defense to allow them to score, they could have won. Instead we saw stalemates where the alliance with one goal tried in vain to steal a goal from the other alliance. Sure goals are key, but a team with 1 goal can easily overcome the disadvantage by stuffing it with balls. I'm certain that as we play more matches and see more bots, balls will become more important strategically.

Katie: 86 has an excellent ball device, and I personally think the teams that passed you up for the elims made a huge mistake.

Mike
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
2004 Game BBFIRSTCHICK General Forum 112 19-04-2003 17:12
Curie Division Robots information... (not complete) archiver 2001 3 24-06-2002 03:13
Thoughts on this year's game... Lethi86 General Forum 21 03-05-2002 16:17
Multiple Regional Winners and a little jab JamesJones General Forum 32 10-04-2002 23:38
Some Notes from KSC Jason Rudolph Regional Competitions 4 13-03-2002 21:18


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:41.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi