The burning question: How many ringers can your team REALISTICALLY score?

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Corey Balint

For the teams/people putting more than six, im just gonna call your bluff right about now. While a select few will do it, it just will be hard to do for many others. With any defense being played or teams trying to pick up off the ground, its just not gonna happen that easily. The tubes are thrown around easily on the ground if someone tries to knock it away from you when you're picking up off the floor. I'm not saying it won't happen. A few teams will indeed do 7 consistantly. But, thats about it.

I'm in a similar boat with you, but I think that the absolute upper crust of teams may be able to place 7-9 (I'm talking Beatty, 'Stang, Poofs, Gorillas, Simbots and the select few others on that level). There will probably be 2 or 3 teams at most regionals (and a couple of the smallers regionals might not have any) in the 6-7 range. A majority of good bots will probably get 4-5 on average.
The more good bots together though, the much greater the score. Multiple offensive bots will relieve defensive pressure on eachother, and will make the creation of longer rows much easier. I fully expect the final round rack scoring to be expotentially higher than most qualifying rounds.