In-depth Strategy Analysis for your perusal - Team 2374

[Lil' Lavery]

Regarding "defense vs. offense," there really isn't a clear separation in many games. They often aren't mutually exclusive activities. Sure, in games like 2006 and 2008 the line was generally pretty clearly defined between defense and offense, but in many other games the two were interlinked and often aided eachother.

Was 294's ball clearing purely defensive? Did they not also score some of those shots and supply 67 and 177 with balls to score? Was 469's design not both offensive and defensive, as it both starved the opposition of balls and kept piling on points?

Was battling over a spider peg in 2007 offensive or defensive? Galileo division winner 1902 called their strategy "doffense," as they played a strong, physical game in order to keep spider pegs clear of opponent's tubes not only to reduce their opponents score, but allow their alliance to use them to build their own rows. Similarly, placing tubes in strategic areas was often done as a defensive strategy, in order to eliminate the opponent from building large rows. That's why many of the more competitive matches had lower scores than you would traditionally expect when higher-end teams got together.

Was breaking up a row in 2005 defense? Or was it offense because you were scoring and trying to build a row for yourself?

Was pinning a team against a wall defensive or offensive in Lunacy? It both prevented them from scoring, and allowed your partners (or yourself in some cases) to score on them more easily.

What about "ball stealing" in 2004? Capturing the hill in 2003? Controlling the goals in 2002?