The Chokehold Strategy

[ColleenShaver]

Personally I look at it this way..

if you've only got 20 points (your two bots in the endzone), it could very likely be your lowest score (don't think you should ever get lower unless it's delibrate, you don't have to move to get 20 points).... under the fact that the lowest score is dropped, what's it matter if it's a 20 or 0 that drops? And if dropping a zero means lowering your opponents points in process, that's part of competition.

Not saying it's right, but Grandma watching would ask me why we lost.. why did we just sit there at the end.. why not keep fighting...?

The zero-point strategy is just that, a strategy. It's not a deception, it's not a low blow.. it's a valid strategy you should plan for.. you can't rely on your opponents being nice guys to get your points, you need to earn them. If I know my team is losing and I haven't been able to acquire any goals/points to win.. I would come out of the endzone and start subtracting points from my opponents.. not to spite them but to force them into action.. If they want their points, they'll have to make the move to score them.. and we'll appropriately counteract.

You can't take offense by strategical play... sometimes you have to sacrifice or risk big to get more.. Teams with capitalizing robots have to be prepared for this challenge.. and when you come up in a match against robots you can't beat with speed or strength, you simply have to out strategize them and force them to action..

I think it's perfectly legit..