Best Atlanta Alliances

[Joel J]

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

I'm with Paul (I think).

Three good or great scoring robots can beat out 2 scorers with a ramp -
why, i saw it time and time again -

at 1:30, the ramp bot retreats to the home zone, 1 opposing robot is now 'free to score'
at 1:40, the other two bots retreat to the home zone, 2 more opposing robots now 'free to score'.

during ramp time - the three scorers put up another 6 - 9 tubes or spoilers and create more than the 60 points from the ramps.

You also aren't factoring in being blocked from making long rows by the opposing alliance.. whether on purpose, or simply from them playing the game and scoring.

When these matches heat up I say each alliance will have ramps, and the bonus points from those ramps will usually cancel each other out (the alliances without ramps won't make it to the "heat of the competition," IMO).. also, I think the rack will be close to neutral-- that is, each alliance will have a similar score on the rack. The alliance that comes out on top in these matches will be the ones capable of scoring the larger quantity of tubes in the most optimum locations on the rack. I'm seeing scores like 60+38 to 30+52, or something like that, when the competition begins to heat up.