[YMTC]: Robot Ability

[IndySam]

I think the whole “adult on the drive team” thing is for a different thread.

Getting back to Mike's original question....


At that point in time the scouts have made up their minds about what you are. If they are considering you for a pick it won't be for your offensive ability so an offensive show will be much less important than showing them more strong defense and getting a win. That’s what they will be scouting you for.

[Shoob189]

Personally, I think you should go with your alliance if they can provide solid reasoning for you to play defence (which they seem to have done) and if they aren't dictating it to you and not listening to your opinion. Being a main strategy person on my team, one of the most frustrating things I've run up against is when we come up with a strategy with one of our alliance mates and the other alliance mate refuses to cooperate without providing good reason (ex: they don't cooperate just because they don't like it). I believe in making sacrifices for the good of the team. If I can provide something my alliancemates want, I'll do it even if it is less favorable to me (ex: playing defence with a scoring bot). It is a hard decision to make (especially if you just got it working). Who knows, mid-match the oppertunity may come where you need to put one up or change strategies.

[Bharat Nain]

You go with the discussed strategy. If you settled on playing defense, then play defense. This is very important because if you follow the strategy, the teams you are partnered up with might be in the top 8 and may feel like picking you even if it is second round. However, if you broke the strategy, you are off their list. At least our list. If during the course of the match there is no defense to be played, then of course you should take a ringer/spoiler and cap it.

If the team really wants to play offense(in this scenario), they should let their alliance partners know that is what they are going to do. This way, at least they can compensate/change/play along with that strategy. I think it's all simple enough.