Outside the box defense

[akshar]

Originally Posted by blakwyte

*bump*

deploying ramps on the field to block an avenue probably isn't a great idea. however, we had a unique situation where we had 2 bots with ramps, but could only fit one bot up either of them. we considered deploying ramps in front of the other alliances' ramp bot (which we had fondly nicknamed "the parking-lot bot" because of it's massive ramps) in order to prevent them from scoring with ramps. the other coaches convinced me that we would be penalized per-second for deploying on the field but i'm very sure that this isn't the case. suffering a 10 point penalty to prevent a 60 point bonus is probably the best possible defensive move to make. i want some feedback on this as it seems a little unsportsmanlike to use this strategy, although it would definitely be effective and (probably) legal.

we used the "bang the rack" strategy alot and it is extremely effective

see rule G35
10 points for every 5 seconds in opponents home zone. so a max of 30...most ramp bots will head back and deploy 10-20 before the START of end play soo the last ~30 seconds of the match