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

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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.
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