Slow Climbers + Fast Pyramid Shooters

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by stuart2054

We tried shooting at the pyramid goal on a practice field and made 3 out of 4 a couple of times with little effort. So I believe shooting them in is very viable which I would not have believed had I not seen it.

Was defense being played on you?

Also how many teams designed their shooter to shoot at such a high angle? I know we didn't....

[Radical Pi]

Originally Posted by EricLeifermann

Was defense being played on you?

Also how many teams designed their shooter to shoot at such a high angle? I now we didn't....

Our team also got a similar result, 3/4 reliably with just humans eyeballing the angles. I'm not sure if we got video of it. We're touching the pyramid while making the shots, so defense is a non-issue.

Then again, we're designed specifically short-range and can run our shooter at any angle, so YMMV.

[engunneer]

Our shooter is attached directly to our climbing arm, so we can actually shoot 90° from the floor.

More to Madison's point (What time is it?), the tricky bit will be if you are a 4/5 seed and can shoot from a number of positions, but have to pick from a field of potentially limited shooters (shooters that require a certain position) and a compatible climber. Assuming there is still a 30/50 point climber left (that takes the full 2 minutes), which do you pick first? I assume the climber first, and hope for a shooter on the way back, but how can you be sure your 2nd pick is compatible with your first?

Alliance selections are going to be /very/ interesting this year.

Last year, 1st pick was a good scorer, and 2nd pick was usually a triple balance partner, D bot, or an ok scorer. This year, there are many more things to consider. It will very much be a game of shooters vs climbers for the top seeds, and it entirely depends on the overall regional's capabilities.