After spectating a few matches, these are the conclusions I've drawn:
1: Defense is very important because there are no safe zones for shooters and there is only one game piece for the defending bot(s) to worry about.
2: Zone play (1 bot in red, 1 bot in white, 1 bot in blue) does not work, actively trying to get the second and third bot to contribute to the assist already slows you down, but since they are not fully committed to offence, they don't peel the defenders for the bot taking the shot. Also, having defenders that are partially committed to offence will leave gaps in the defense, allowing the opposing shooter to score.
3: you will likely need to outnumber the opposing defense with your offence if you want to get any shots off. It is necessary to peel the defending bots away from the shooter in order to prevent interference. This is incredibly important because there are no safe zones for the shooters.
Those are just my observations, if anyone has any others, please speak up!
I have also been working on a google docs spreadsheet for scouting and match prediction if anyone wants to play around with it and experiment.
https://docs.google.com/a/mysummitps...ve_w eb#gid=0
I put headers to guide you for what goes into each zone. put the statistical data in the table at the top (first 75~ rows) and numbers of the in play bots near the bottom to output a potential score.
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