Slow Climbers + Fast Pyramid Shooters

[Madison]

Originally Posted by nuggetsyl

No question if their is a robot that can go up for 30 and that is all they do and they do it each time. They should be drafted. If they can get 50 I will say it right now. I WILL DRAFT YOU.

I am not sure how this addresses the fundamental point of the discussion I was hoping to start.

You will draft a team that, by climbing, interferes with you or your partners ability to score and, consequently, are willing to score fewer points as an alliance than you might otherwise?

If an event has 2+ shooters of equal caliber, but few 30+ point climbers, there's merit in drafting the climber even if they lower your overall possible score if, by doing so, you reduce the overall possible score of any other combination of robots. That's a pretty specific set of circumstances, though, and I'm more interested in learning about how people think these situations might play out during qualification matches.