biggest threat in atlanta

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Joel J.

I hear 148 has a pretty mean autonomous.. . I'm (almost) sure the partners could drive forward to protect them during that initial 15 seconds.

I like the defense+ramps strategy. I'm serious when I say that. But I believe that three scorers, a 2@12 ramp, and two strong drivetrains on the same alliance have the lattitude to take on any alliance. And if that alliance goes up against another of the same construction, then you have a match on Einstein, IMO. From what I see, what carries the defense+ramps alliance (puts a score on the board) are the good ramps. A scoring alliance that also has a hybrid neutralizes that advantage.

I'm hoping defense+ramps isn't Tom's strategy-- as its nothing new. I don't think it is, though.

2 Defense + 1 awesome scorer. Everyone thinks defensive-minded alliances can't score tubes. Purge that thought from your heads. Also purge the thought that all defensive robots have to play defense all the time - they don't. Some do; many don't.

Ramps aren't nullified if you hold a defensively-created rack score advantage at the beginning of endgame.

Again, we'll see. I challenge some of the big scorers to consider the possibilities of participating in a defensive alliance as an option as opposed to the "drown 'em in offense" alliance strategy - which is "nothing new".