Los Angeles Regional Finals Match Defense

[RaKiRosh_3328]

Hi CD, as I was watching the finals match at the LA Regional between 1197, 987, 5012 vs 294, 330, 1452, I noticed how significantly a defense bot can swing your match and in this case, decide the Regional Winner. 330s robot was flipped twice out of the three finals matches, causing 330 to lose many potential points in both matches, and perhaps being a reason that alliance lost both of those matches.

I was wondering how this might effect team strategy at future regionals, seeing that the refs were okay with harsh defense and didn't card the defending robot who was seemingly the reason for 330s tip. Thoughts?

PS I'm a first time poster, so please let me know if I'm practicing any ill advised posting methods.

Thanks!!