Average of Defense Crossings- Week 0.5-1

[Cothron Theiss]

Originally Posted by evanperryg

I was particularly surprised by the drawbridge. Can anyone who's been to competition provide some clarity as to why drawbridge crosses are so rare?

First off, few teams designed and built mechanisms for dealing with the Drawbridge. Also, for those that did, there is shocking difference in the real Drawbridge and the wood versions the vast vast majority of teams were using. Many of the simple hooks or arms that grabbed the top of tje door and pulled down won't work with the flexible plastic.
Also, if alliances can breach without worrying about the Drawbridge, they don't want to. People are scared of it. As for why alliances aren't working together to make crossings, I don't know. I was just watching the live footage, so I don't know if teams just chose not to go with that strategy, if teams are so frantic with repairs and such that they can't effectively Scout and strategize, or what.
Finally, for the many "catch and release" methods people were previously discussing for teams opening the Drawbridge from the Courtyard, going into the Neutral Zone, breaking contact, then crossing back over the Drawbridge to earn the crossing: I think the refs have too much to watch to see teams momentarily break contact with a door that almost looks like it moves, jiggles, and swings of it's own volition.

Woo. Analysis/guess work over.