The 2056 Streak has ended!

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Originally Posted by logank013

I'm trying to stay on topic but had to get this little bit in . IN is amazing this year on offense. Hardly anyone plays defense in IN. Not even in Elims. I'm not sure if this inflates our statistics (because I'm not really sure how other areas are or aren't using defense) but either way, IN has put up some great teams. Some teams that weren't very good last year just rose up out of nowhere and have put up amazing robots.

Anyway... back to the topic. I didn't believe this at first when my friend texted me this. Way to put up an amazing streak. Maybe now you guys can win a world championship . Good luck to you at Worlds and nobody on your alliance should blame themselves for this loss. Some great competition at that event for sure.

I can chime in a little bit here. Towards the end of quals at Waterloo, most teams were dedicating themselves either towards defensive play or offensive play, and scores fell as a result of highly effective defense by all-star defensive teams like 1360 and 3937, who respectively shut down even 148 and 2056 in matches.

In Playoffs, every single team fielded a defensive robot of some sort. Most alliances fielded a conventional courtyard disruption robot, whose purpose was to disrupt opposing alliance's shots by hitting them during prep and slowing down their approach to firing position.

Our alliance (1241, 610, 3560), played a different style. Because of the high number of Outer Works-capable shooters that were unaffected by a 4'6 blocker, we chose to have 3560 disrupt the secret passage cycles of teams like 3683 DAVE, who relied on the secret passage to funnel balls into the courtyard for 148 to score. This strategy proved to be highly effective, and we continued using it to great success against 1114 and 2056's unparalleled and infinite firing locations and ability.

So to answer your question: Yes, an enormous amount of defense was played at Waterloo, with most of it being extremely effective in slowing down cycle times.