Predictions Week 3: Creating Flow

[Anupam Goli]

Originally Posted by thefro526

It's worth noting that at least 3 teams built blockers going into the CH Elims. Of those three, one was a fabric netting, another wood and the third was a polycarb sheet on a pole. The fabric netting was quickly broken, the well constructed wooden blocker added too much weight to the robot it was on and leaded to it being too 'tippy' and the team with the polycarb sheet sacrificed the ability to go under the pyramid to add the blocker.

I guess my point here is that 'throwing a blocker on' is a bit more tricky than some people think - especially to do it legally** and without compromising some other machine function.

Similar thing was experience at Peachtree with 4080. When we faced 4080 in our first semis match, we had 281 grab some metal and pool noodles to serve as a blocker. Thankfully, one of 1648's mentors was an inspector and was able to quickly get another to re inspect 281 before the match.Quite possibly one of the most brilliant strategies I saw played netted in the shutdown of 4080's full court shot and exploited the flaws in 3489's drivetrain.

832 however wasn't so lucky. I was hoping the 5th seeded alliance would've followed the same strategy we played previously in the semis. However, 832's blocker didn't fit within the robot frame, so some quick adjustments had to be made, but in the end they were disabled for that final match.