Your game predictions - Car Nack Style

[gurellia53]

Originally Posted by iCurtis

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3) Why not just hurdle it and ensure you get the points? If you place, you get 12 points that can be taken away, if you hurdle, you get 8 guaranteed points. While this builds up over two trackballs, will you get 2 good hurdlers together in a seeding match? I'd bet maybe twice a regional. So I see hurdling as more valuable unless you absolutely need those 4 points, and can't get them racing around the track in the time it takes you to position that ball.

I agree. Hurdling gets you 8 points plus 2 more if you cross the finish line. So taking the time to place a ball would only get you 2 more points.

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by gurellia53

I agree. Hurdling gets you 8 points plus 2 more if you cross the finish line. So taking the time to place a ball would only get you 2 more points.

unless you are on your opponents side of the field with no chance of getting to your finish line.

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by gurellia53

I agree. Hurdling gets you 8 points plus 2 more if you cross the finish line. So taking the time to place a ball would only get you 2 more points.

This is a completely design-dependant statement. There are those designs that easily could have 1 thing different happen in order to stop a hurdle and instead place a ball in the same amount of time it takes them to hurdle. The difference for those designs is still 4 points instead of 2. It might seem small, but percentage-wise it's still significant enough to design for and consider for your strategy.

[Swampdude]

• The flags w/ lap detectors will be broken, flying and unplugging pwms, and manual lap counts will be iffy
  
• getting clotheslined on the overpass will happen every other match - which means most bots on their backs will be right in front of the overpass. other teams will help you get clotheslined, even teammates
  
• bots will move in clumps and scrum for 1 ball while good scorers will break away from clumping
  
• launchers will be very successfull - but somebody will get hurt. There will be a launcher in 75% of winning alliances
  
• at least every 3rd seeding match, hybrid mode will have a 2 bot pileup 20' from the start line
  
• the I/R controls thing will cause many match delays
  
• bots won't be going more than 13'/s even if they could - too much going on

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Swampdude

• bots won't be going more than 13'/s even if they could - too much going on

couldnt agree more here. Not enough of a "runway" to get up to speed and so much going on.

[Tottanka]

* An international team will win a big award at Atlanta (Rookie All Star, Chairman's or Champion).
* A rookie team on Einstein.
* In every other match at least one robot will find tip over.
* Most shooters will be considered too dangerous and therfore asked not to shoot balls.
* An all rookie alliance will win at least one regional.
* At least 25% of the robots will break during Qualification Matches.
* Someone will get injured, in at least 1 regional.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

couldnt agree more here. Not enough of a "runway" to get up to speed and so much going on.

I thoroughly beg to differ

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Cory

I thoroughly beg to differ

I wholehartdly agree with Cory. I think you'll be surprised by how fast many teams go with full control and a few that just use the walls to guide them around.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Cory

I thoroughly beg to differ

well see cory, well see