In the last 30 secs of game ...

[JamesBrown]

It will change every match based on alliance partners and the current score.

[Barry Bonzack]

you left off guarding in front of the other teams home row to keep them from getting behind the line to elevate themselves. But I agree with James, strategy changes dependent on your alliance and your opponents.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

It will change every match based on alliance partners and the current score.

I agree - obviously placing a spoiler to break a row of 8, or to complete a long row, would be much better than a 15 or even 30 point bonus. But if there are a lot of singletons about, then absolutely go for the lift.
Personally, I would like to have seen a bonus for number of robots in the home zone, with an increase for elevation.

[dfukuba]

I think that placing a spoiler will be a big thing for most of the teams near the end of the match. But then again it all depends on the situation of the match. I think....
If a team is wining and they are confident:
They will go for the bonus points and lift their alliance members up

If a team is lagging behind and every second counts:
They will try to take control of the spoilers and place them somewhere optimal for their alliance.

thats my 2cents, everyone has their own plan.

--Dan

[Ericgehrken]

I think lifting two robots 12" when there isn't a row of 4 or more on the board is a great stategy and spoiling patterns of four or more is the only way to avoid losing by a great amount.

[T3_1565]

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

It will change every match based on alliance partners and the current score.

I completely agree with this. Even if your robot does one of those things, it depends more on what the rest of your partners can do and how the score / placement of rings are at that time.. It will be very interesting to see what happens!! I can't wait!!!!!!!

[Lil' Lavery]

You also forgot the remove spoiler option

[Zoheb N]

I think the last 30 seconds will be filled with raisin robots and spoiler action

[Zero-Bee]

Two robots in the air. 60 pt pwnage.

[Nawaid Ladak]

Originally Posted by Zero-Bee

Two robots in the air. 60 pt pwnage.

better yet. two robots with spoilers on their arms and a foot off the ground and another robot with another spoiler lifting them up.

thats pwnage

[Zero-Bee]

Originally Posted by FreedomForce

better yet. two robots with spoilers on their arms and a foot off the ground and another robot with another spoiler lifting them up.

thats pwnage

I'm pretty sure there are only 3 robots a team. One of the three has to be on the ground, and I highly doubt the other team is going to take an offsides penalty to give the other team 90 pts.

[Choi9111]

Well i guess if an alliance is going for the lifts...they will probly need more than 30 secs. because im guessing it will take some time and power to lift 2 robots.( plus its not like the robots will by some sort of "magic" be lifted up, in the last few secs of the game)

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Choi9111

Well i guess if an alliance is going for the lifts...they will probly need more than 30 secs. because im guessing it will take some time and power to lift 2 robots.( plus its not like the robots will by some sort of "magic" be lifted up, in the last few secs of the game)

Lets say your drive is spec'd out to 12 ft/s which is a little fast, but easy for doing math......To "get lifted", or in my mind as I see it, climb a ramp which is probably something like 4 feet long, assuming some loss for going up hill, it shouldnt take you longer than a second to get up there. If were talking ramps, the lifting is as quick as you can climb, and were plannin on climbin pretty fast

[Taylor]

Two things I find interesting about this poll:
1. Add up the percentages - it makes 150%. This means lots of teams are thinking ahead with robots and strategies that can adapt to different situations.
B. Overall, there are a lot of choices. Different teams with different strengths will provide great alliances, as long as the weaknesses of one team are offset by the strengths of another.
With 60% of the robots able to lift a teammate (based off this poll), we feel confident in our non-lifting robot. We may be a quicker and more accurate scorer than a lifting team; our inability to levitate will be counterbalanced by a lifting alliance partner. Success in this game really depends on how many "chiefs" and "indians" are on each alliance.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Choi9111

( plus its not like the robots will by some sort of "magic" be lifted up, in the last few secs of the game)

If you design a pneumatic lift system with appropriate solenoids, you can indeed have it activate "magically" as your robot is disabled at the very end of the match.