The Chokehold Strategy

[Kris Verdeyen]

Originally posted by srawls
I agree, this is very un-FIRST like, and should not be done. I know for a fact this was done in the Philly regional against MOE, making it a 0 to 0 score. Has this been done at any other regionals, and if so, what was the reaction? In Philly, most people said that they thought it was very bad, even if they didn't like MOE they said they wouldn't even think about doing it.

So let me get this straight - MOE has three goals in scoring position after ten seconds, and your opponents are supposed to push against you for 100 seconds without budging, and then go back in their endzone and settle for 20 points? That's not what I would do. If you guys refuse to give up a goal, why should your opponent play nice and give you QP's?

If they pull out, they're trying to force you to score points for them. If you don't, you both get zero. If you do, and they pull back in, they get lots of points. If you do, and they don't pull back in, you get lots of points. It' a very good strategy, and is not sneaky or underhanded.
Read this:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...2245#post21725

The 3X oppoonent's score rule is there for a reason - and that reason is to make games between mismatched opponents more interesting, and strategies like this possible.

That said, 365 has often said that high QP's are not the goal of their robot. Why do you care how many QP's you get in a match like this? You get the win regardless.