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Originally Posted by Ronnie314

This also is assuming that 1114 or any team that can use all three cans gets more from the middle, so far 1114 is not the fastest but I am assuming they will make it faster. Just notice that a BIG if is the cans. There will be a fair amount of teams that will figure out how to do multiple stacks with cans by worlds, control your scoring by taking those middle bins. (Put some time into middle can grabbers, they are needed from here on out).
-Ronnie

I would expect so too, but we won't know until we see them again. Absolutely, I've seen cans decide matches. At the finals in livonia, the finalist alliance was effectively barred from scoring enough points when 548 beat them to the middle cans. This and next saturday are going to be great to watch for exactly these sort of matches.

Originally Posted by Spartan710

I didn't mean we are the same as 1114 i meant that they put 36pt. stacks and so do we. It is easier for us to put up 3 five stacks than 2 six stacks. Also we are more consistent with 5 stacks. When we are paired up with good bots we can put up high scores. I have seen a lot of 6 stackers be very inconsistent. A lot of things falling.

Right, and that's pretty true across the board. The defining part of 1114 is looking like Mr Krabs their speed across the field and in the landfill. If teams can begin to match that, whether it be by cycle time at the HP or by controlling the step, 1114 isn't so scary.

I've seen many more stacks fall post placement than in transit, and not necessarily caused by the stacker. Consider their perspective: Spend an extra 3-4 seconds, and score 2-6+ more points. In many cases, those extra points make all the difference, and especially in eliminations.