Inbounding or Hoarding Balls

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

I have very similar feelings now. After thinking through it, that sounds a lot like the hanging off of a hanging robot in 2010.

Wholeheartedly disagree.

Not only do I think you'll see it (remember, we DID see it in 2010, from 2337 and alliance), but I think it will be a common feature of Regional Champion alliances. 20 pts is just too huge to give up. The 1 extra point in 2010 wasnt worth it, but 20 extra points in 2012 is. You have to make 7 top shelf baskets to make up for it.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by 1075guy

Wholeheartedly disagree.

Not only do I think you'll see it (remember, we DID see it in 2010, from 2337 and alliance), but I think it will be a common feature of Regional Champion alliances. 20 pts is just too huge to give up. The 1 extra point in 2010 wasnt worth it, but 20 extra points in 2012 is. You have to make 7 top shelf baskets to make up for it.

It only happened once in an entire season.

It really comes down to how the other robots are built and how skilled the drivers are at reacting the bridge. What makes it worse is that you will never see a triple balance until eliminations as teams will be focusing on the coopertition bridge for seeding points.

I wouldn't pick robots to join my alliance planning on doing a triple balance unless we had done it in qualification. That is where the another big issue is that the elims are not the time for testing but performing. I wouldn't glaze over a okay scorer for one that could fit on the bridge only to be bit when we can't pull it off.

These are my two cents.