Coopertition issues

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by Jaywalker1711

I think that this is actually a rather rare thing, teams are usually very honest about their intentions.

My wild guess is that teams are more honest about their intentions, than they are about their abilities. They really want to be able to do what they say they can do. But the darn robot just doesn't cooperate.

But this is just a wild guess. Each situation is different.

[K-Dawg157]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

My wild guess is that teams are more honest about their intentions, than they are about their abilities. They really want to be able to do what they say they can do. But the darn robot just doesn't cooperate.

But this is just a wild guess. Each situation is different.

This is exactly what happened to us time and time again. Either the other team couldn't get the stack they made onto the step (if they made a stack at all) or someone on our alliance said would make a stack and could make a stack, but never did.

Teams want to do a co-op stack, but sometimes they try to say they can do more than they actually could.

[wesbass23]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

My wild guess is that teams are more honest about their intentions, than they are about their abilities. They really want to be able to do what they say they can do. But the darn robot just doesn't cooperate.

But this is just a wild guess. Each situation is different.

I agree completely. In many of the matches I watched where no coop points were scored it was because the teams tried and failed. A huge part of the issue is that not all teams can deal with game pieces being in their way when they are already in possession of the yellow totes. Let that be a warning to all human players, please don't clog up the area by the step with noodles before the coop points are scored. It is not worth losing 40 points.

While I do not like the idea of relying on the other alliance for such a large amount of points, I like this years version of coopertition far better than 2012. This year you can do you part of coop and be done with it. In 2012 there were many matches where we would waste the last 30 seconds of the match setting up of the bridge to allow for the other alliance to join us and they would not follow up on their agreement.

[Loose Screw]

Originally Posted by wesbass23

In 2012 there were many matches where we would waste the last 30 seconds of the match setting up of the bridge to allow for the other alliance to join us and they would not follow up on their agreement.

30 seconds? We didn't want to risk losing those QP at all so we always agreed with the other alliance to drop whatever you're doing at 60 seconds and balance with us.

[wesbass23]

Originally Posted by Loose Screw

30 seconds? We didn't want to risk losing those QP at all so we always agreed with the other alliance to drop whatever you're doing at 60 seconds and balance with us.

I suppose it depended on the match and what teams you were working with (some were far faster at getting up on the bridge than others). But I am sure there were matches where we wasted more than 30 seconds waiting for the other alliance to join us and they never made an effort.