Strategies for Rebound Rumble

[Mr. Pockets]

Originally Posted by SniperJoe101

I love the idea of coopertition but honestly I believe the best way to score points is 3 robots on the alliance bridge. Obviously during qualifying it would be very hard to do but once in elimination you have an established alliance. You can then focus on finding the correct way to balance all 3 bots and score 40 points. That could easily turn the tides of any match. .

A few things:
1.) Qetting the coopertition bonus is the equivalent of winning the match even if you lost it. Think of it this way: Going through extra trouble to add more robots might win you the match, and you'll get the 2 qualification points. Or you can go and put one bot on the coopertition bridge...and get 2 qualification points whether you win or lose. No matter how you pick it, your action will only get you two qualification points.
2.) There aren't additional points for balancing three robots in the qualification rounds so there's no reason to really try, except for practice.
3.) In the elimination round there is nothing gained from using the coopertition bridge, so the choice is once again a moot one.

Edit: ninja'd

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

Also think about the three offensive robots, each up to 84" tall, right next to each other in the key shooting at baskets: Will you be able to shoot past or over them to get balls back onto your side?

Strictly speaking, I doubt most bots are going to be even close to that tall, but in that case I would really recommend high mobility, maybe mechanum or swerve drive, to zip around them to shoot the balls quickly.

As an aside, three offensive bots seems like a risky trick considering the long time needed to get new balls after you score/get your rebounds yanked.