How many teams do you think will just do the mini-bot

[pfreivald]

Originally Posted by eagle33199

Going straight to the tower after autonomous to ensure you're in position and ready to deploy in the end game won't get you anywhere.

...especially since you can still get pushed around...

I don't see 'minibot only' as a valid strategy.

A logo on each of the top rows in your alliance with three ubertubes (total) is:

18 points for ubertubes.
18 points for tubes overtop of ubertubes (doubled to 36 with logo bonus)
9 points for tubes not overtop of ubertubes (doubled to 18 with logo bonus)

= 62 points. Add in 3rd and 4th place minibots and you've got 87 points... Which means that the minibot-only alliance has 37 points to make up...

...and the assumption that the minibot only teams will have the best minibots every game, and will successfully deploy them every game, is likely a poor one.

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My prediction is that the best robots this year will score in autonomous, score throughout most of the game, and then deploy fast, reliable minibots -- and will consistently beat minibot-only alliances.

[dtengineering]

Doing one thing well is better than doing several things poorly.

So having the best mini-bot will get you some games on Saturday afternoon, particularly at early-season regionals.

But you'll still lose to the teams that have a really good mini-bot and really good scoring, even if you play careful D on them.

Jason

P.S. I'd be really interested to know if you could cram one of the square game pieces down over top of one of the poles. Apparently the inner spacing of the square is about 12", and the pole has a top of 12" diameter, and I can't see anything saying that you can't take a game piece and drop it down over the opponent's pole. That would kind of obliterate their mini-bot attack before it started.

[Andrew Zeller]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

P.S. I'd be really interested to know if you could cram one of the square game pieces down over top of one of the poles. Apparently the inner spacing of the square is about 12", and the pole has a top of 12" diameter, and I can't see anything saying that you can't take a game piece and drop it down over the opponent's pole. That would kind of obliterate their mini-bot attack before it started.

Very good point-I will bring this to my teams attention

[Chris is me]

If two opposing robots only did mini bots, I'd throw tubes. Halves the time it takes to get more tubes, so we can score twice as fast with less risk of tube theft compared to a normal match.

[voltage5]

Yeah, I think in order to win this game you need a robot that can score tubes and deploy a good minibot. A minibot only team would score a lot of "easy" points at the end but you lose a lot of potential points throughout the rest of the game. I am pretty sure you can't put a game piece over the pole to prevent the opposing minibot from climbing.

<G23> Contact (via ROBOT or GAME PIECE) with the opposing ALLIANCES TOWERS is prohibited. Violation: RED CARD

[mwtidd]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

P.S. I'd be really interested to know if you could cram one of the square game pieces down over top of one of the poles. Apparently the inner spacing of the square is about 12", and the pole has a top of 12" diameter, and I can't see anything saying that you can't take a game piece and drop it down over the opponent's pole. That would kind of obliterate their mini-bot attack before it started.

I brought up earlier, you can see the thread, I like the idea, many others don't and you will see the debate regarding the legality:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=88602