Triple play getting like a team sport

[rjmah]

This is getting like a team sport. You'll start hearing things like one-one coverage or zone defense to aid communication within an alliance.

[Haldir 122690]

Yes, that is what teams do.

[DrShadowSML]

I have already said this once-and I'll say it again, this game is a team version of tic-tac-toe. The only addition is that you can re-take rows and stop opponents.

[dhitchco]

As a rookie team, we've even had conversations about what OUR "role" will be assuming that we're paired with other more-experienced teams. Should we be resigned to the role of "backfield defense" and is that a "bad" place or role to be in?

OF COURSE NOT.......Yes, the key to the larger alliances is that it is indeed a gracious TEAM event. If the three robots do NOT choose roles and quickly take their respective role, that alliance will surely LOSE even if they individually have great robots.

So....we're not exactly what our robot will be good at doing, but I can tell you that we will be "selling" ourselves to our alliance partners.

Hey....PUT ME IN COACH.....I can toss a tetra from the three-point line.

[DarkJedi613]

Well in theory FIRST has always been about having a team game, but this year with three times at once it will be more important for each team to do what they say they will. Of course things change during a match and strategies must, but teams should always try to do what they say they will. Without some sort of coordination between teams it will be very hard to win matches. You cannot carry an alliance by yourself.