pre-game positioning: MIDDLE of the pyramid?

[ctccromer]

Awesome, glad to know this is legal

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence

I also fail to see what this would achieve. If you were to start behind the alliance line with 3 frisbees, you wouldn't be getting in your partner's way (assuming they start in front of the pyramid), and an antenna wouldn't assist you in any way, as it would just move your robot farther back from the tower and closer to the center line.

We're not assuming a partner starts in front of the pyramid, but exactly the opposite. We're planning for the best-case scenario: both of our teammates are total monsters and we don't want to get in their way. And in any other case, lets just say the other extreme (that WE'LL carry the team), we still won't be in anyone elses way.
Not to mention that it'd be very easy to plan autonomous from either back corner OR the middle, giving us three different starting positions, all of which give us the 3rd frisbee

[Kevin_Morris]

Originally Posted by ctccromer

We're not assuming a partner starts in front of the pyramid, but exactly the opposite. We're planning for the best-case scenario: both of our teammates are total monsters and we don't want to get in their way. And in any other case, lets just say the other extreme (that WE'LL carry the team), we still won't be in anyone elses way.
Not to mention that it'd be very easy to plan autonomous from either back corner OR the middle, giving us three different starting positions, all of which give us the 3rd frisbee

Be careful, this kind of thinking will win you matches . It's all too often that teams approach robot design and match strategy like they're the only robot on the field. Designing a robot to work effectively as part of an alliance will get you far, good job.

[ctccromer]

Originally Posted by Kevin_Morris

Be careful, this kind of thinking will win you matches . It's all too often that teams approach robot design and match strategy like they're the only robot on the field. Designing a robot to work effectively as part of an alliance will get you far, good job.

This is our third year as an FRC team, and the last two years have really showed us that. Our first year we got Rookie of the year and were basically the underdogs that many people saw as the best 3rd pick team. Last year we were picked by top 8 alliances as the great 3rd pick team

So even though we don't AIM to be "everyone's favorite newbie", we've DEFINITELY learned to design not only OUR personal strategy, but our TEAM strategy to make us a more attractive team pick