50 POINTS

[Kellen Hill]

Originally Posted by Peter Matteson

If you can score 50pts by yourself you will be a top 5 robot at almost every regional/district event unless you have really bad scheduling in which case you will be a first round pick....

...That said just climbing and dumping to get 50pts is not a Championship winning strategy. It will probably work at a week 1 or 2 regional at most but the strategy has too many flaws particullary if that is how you play every match.

As many have mentioned, 50 point robots will be successful in regionals and should/will be picked relatively high in alliance selections if they are not captains.

I'm curious to see what division depth will look like at champs and where these 50 point robots might wind up in seedings and alliance selections in St Louis.

Climb time, defensive capabilities, autonomous modes, and ability to dump colored disks are all factors that will determine the overall contribution these robots might have at champs. Scouting will be crucial, especially with increased depth at a competition, to determine what robots are contributing the most points. While 50 points in the bag sounds nice, it may be a great defensive robot with a 10 point hang that makes a larger contribution to an alliance.