First Week Regionals *Merged*

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Ok, Its 3:30 on Thursday. I know its still early, but I am eager. I've got some questions for all you hotshots who are attending a first week regional.

Auto/Human Loader - Which is more popular? Have their been any penalties or problems involved with either?

Stack High vs. Stack Fast - Which of these seems to be the predominate game plan? Whats the highest stack you have seen? Was there any particular scenarios where a team that could stack high did better or worse in a match? ..Why?

Strong/Fast Bots - Has there been any pushing in matches? Has having a tough robot stuck out as something vital to the game? On the contrary, how fast is too fast? From the few practice matches I watched from VCU, it seems teams aren't jetting across the field very quickly.. am I wrong?

Autonomous Mode - Have you seen any robot successfully stack a vision tetra in auto mode? If so, on which goal and how long did it take? What are some other big autonomous strategies that don't involve the vision system?

6 Robots on the field - Do you like it? Too Crowded, too hard to see?

Lets get some answers goin' here, I'm sure all of us sitting at home this weekend cant wait to find out any little secret they can about Triple Play.

Feel free to answer any of my questions, or add anything you think is important as the weekend goes on. Anyone else: feel free to post any question, and hopefully we will get answers to these.

Go teams!