Playing a different game on Einstein

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by IKE

I have seen a couple bots that were able to drive around and deploying a minibot was essentially their only "scoring" capability. It actually did quite well at its event.

In general, this bot either played defense or pushed tube for the first 1 minute or so.

Ike, do you thing this robot would fair well at the Championship?

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I'm not talking about a team that doesn't do anything for the first 1:40. Any alliance that relies on a single robot to win minibot races for them match after match won't reach Einstein.

The only way I could see that happening is if said minibot had some sort of "game breaking" strategy where it could afford to sit at the tower all match. (And after 469 last year, I'm not ruling anything out.)