Predictions Week 3: Creating Flow

[Jared Russell]

The sheer effectiveness of 225's nearly unblockable full court shooter led to some of the most interesting game dynamics I've seen this season. Once 225 was in position, they could plunk in 90 points worth of discs in about 45 seconds.

Even a perfectly constructed full height blocking device had difficulty getting in just the right spot to deflect their shots (you had to get so close that fouls/technical fouls were just around the corner if you tried to play the blocking game). All of the elimination matches we played became a game of football - 341 and 1495 trying to escort 225 into the "end zone" while the opposition devoted 2 and sometimes all 3 robots to deny access to the feeder station. There were blocks, pins, jukes, spin moves, and even a couple of tackles as the game within the game unfolded.