2016 Sacramento Regional

[Ubiquity]

Lessons learned.

I saw many teams leave that 1 QP on the floor by quickly defeating 3.5 outer works, and then spend a minute or more trying to score one ball or defend against a team who was clearly far ahead of them. Often they would ignore an easily breached defense and repeatedly cross a more difficult already defeated defense. This results in a zero QPs for your alliance. 3 QPs difference is a 20 point ranking difference. Plus it shows a well run dependable team. I also saw one team, with 2 disabled allies patiently clear 3 defenses solo, and then make it to the batter for a 55 point score and 1 QP. Driver and coach situational awareness is very important.

Very few teams used the human player spy - I am not sure why, but a spy can very very effective for a low profile machine. Several teams used high camera on a pole for seeing over the outer works.