A Recycle Rush Reflection

[Rangel(kf7fdb)]

Originally Posted by AGPapa

I wasn't around on CD back then, so can somebody inform me of how often on CD was the overwhelming importance of minibots discussed in 2011? I tried doing some searches and couldn't find much discussion until after champs.

Similarly, how often was the importance of lap bots in 2008 or ball-stealers in 2012 talked about?

Can people point me to threads that talk about these issues before champs?

This canburglar stuff has been beaten to death on CD, I seriously doubt that any division will leave a good canburglar to the end of the draft. And even looking at the teams that you mentioned, the more recent ones (610 and 16) were not the last picks of the draft, instead they were selected by the lower seeded alliances. I expect something similar to happen this year, with a lower seeded alliance of alright robots and great canburglars winning a few divisions.

I don't know the exact threads for 2011 but if you just watch Einstein matches, you can see how tube scoring that year became exponentially ineffective after scoring the top two rows of the scoring racks. A full logo on the bottom rack was only worth 6 points and since minibot scores varied dramatically if an alliance got 1st and 2nd, it was pretty much the sole decider of games at the highest level. I also think that awesome canburglers will make it to the very late picks since alliances will be weighing in different factors and not just canburglering. I think many captains might pick slower canburglers that are also good tote stackers vs a robot that is a awesome canburgler and not much else. Especially for the lower seeded alliances where they might still need help with tote stacking.