PNW 2006 -- The Pacific Northwest Regional in Portland

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Cheuk Hung Ng

Team 492 actually first used the strategy of shooting from the platform. The Cheesy Poofs originally shot from the base of the ramp and modified their robot to do that after seeing us in the practice matches.

We actually didn't see you guys shoot from on top the platform, but rather wanted to keep it as a move we could save until we had to use it.

We started the competition with the ability to shoot from the base of the ramp, the top of the ramp, or ~26 feet away from the ramp. For the beginning of the competition, we were shooting from the base of the ramp only. On Saturday we found out our shooter was shooting faster than we had thought, and had to turn it down. By doing so we had to choose between the top of the ramp or the bottom, and after being completely smothered by 753 in two consecutive matches, we thought it would be much more advantageous to shoot from the top of the ramp.