Value & Credibility of 4th robots on an Alliance

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Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

5136 definitely deserved and earned their spot on our alliance in 2014.

Even though they never touched the carpet in eliminations, when our alliance got 5136, we then had the two strongest goalie bots in our division. Denying our opponents the opportunity for a goalie robot was a key component to making it out of our division in 2014.

What a 1678 thing to say! I think that denial of robots and being able to "threaten" your opponents with them is an important aspect of 4th bots. For 2013 in particular, picking a goalie bot as your 4th to stop full-court shooters would have been an easy way to sub in and out for different alliances, and discourages your opponent from using their full court shooters.