Strategic Uses of Human Player

[Canon reeves]

Upon further analysis of the game, I came to realize the strategic value of the human play position. Other than the Noodle Agreement that is. There are a total of 30 grey totes behind the driver station, and a max height of 6 totes. I originally thought, it would be wise to go and pick up totes from the landfill, but it would be considerably easier if simply stacked directly from the feeder. The HP puts out a tote, you pick it up, they put out another and you stack and pick them both up, and just repeat the process until you have the desired amount. As close as the scoring positions are to the feeder stations, this would be a very effective way to stack multiple 6 high stacks of grey totes. It would save the time of picking up totes from the landfill and lining up with crates facing at least 2 different directions. If you had two members of your alliance capable of making 3 stacks of 4 grey totes, and then have one of the two stack the 6 left over, you would have 60 points. On top of that, if you had a third alliance member who's sole role was to grab a recycle bin, take it to a feeder station for a noodle to be put in it, then cap a stack with the bin. There are 7 available recycle bins, and you would only have 7 stacks. Now I understand it is unfeasible to be able to cap 7 stacks, but if they only did three with noodle and everything, as well as your alliance members stacking the 30 gray totes, you would get a total of 102 points assuming each recycle bin is upright and takes up two levels. If one robot could us all three of the recycle bins placed in auto, there would be no point in even going in the landfill other than cooperation, but this scenario would be more likely to happen in a playoffs, with no cooperation.

For the math of this: Grey totes are worth two, 2*30=60
Recycle bin tops are worth 4 per level, as well as 6 for litter
assuming each recycle bin takes up 2 levels, that would be 3(14)= 42
60+42= 102.