How many rows of ringersdo you think people are going to be able to make

[Jaine Perotti]

I voted thinking in terms of how many I thought might be scored by an alliance on average. I debated between picking 3 or 4, but I chose 3 because I think that it will be pretty easy to defend against robots trying to score.

This is based off of my observations at the Swamp Scrimmage - which was only 4 robots, mostly focusing on offense (in order to perfect their manipulators) - not necessarily a good representation of what will actually happen at regionals. I do believe that fast, efficient scorers will, in fact, be able to make rows, but will be limited by defensive interference. The one time 1889 played defense against 179 (who was trying to complete a row of 8, btw) - they found it pretty easy to stop them from scoring that last ringer. Also, 179 was the only robot there which made rows of more than 4 along the bottom (around more than 180 degrees of the rack), but then again, no one was interfering.

So, in all honesty, I am not sure. I think we will only get a definitive answer once we watch the first week of regionals. My guess is that in comparison to the Swamp Scrimmage - there will be fewer instances of 4+ ringer rows, and more instances of 2-3 ringer rows, and rows in "square" or "cross" configurations on only one side of the rack. Also, I believe defense will play a greater role than it did at the scrimmage.