Playing a different game on Einstein

[Greg Leighton]

Originally Posted by Jared341

Yet every single piece of evidence I have seen and experienced with this game shows that three tube scorers on one alliance is a crowd - you invariably get in each others' way as you try to fill up the rack.

Will the winning alliance's third robot simply be another scorer? Will it be a scorer pressed into defense/tube shuttling duty? Or will it be a purpose-built third robot (think 148 from 2008)?

I've been thinking the same thing, I imagine there might be a couple alliances that can figure out the three offensive bot scenario but here is my list of what I think your third alliance partner will consist of (in order of usefulness).

1. Wallbot
2. Feeder bot (aka robot with great pickup and driving ability)
3. Another strong offensive bot
4. An elite minibot robot (this would allow for one of your top two bots to score tubes during the race portion of the match)

Now you very well may see a combination of those things but thats what I perdict.