1vs3 What would you do?

[Liz Smith]

For the 1 team alliance, I think they should definitely play to the best of their ability.

If a robot can't make it to the field due to a mechanical failure then I think both alliances should play their hardest.

If the reasoning behind the 1 vs. 3 was that the teams were just late to the field after their timeout rather than being broken and unable to come out, I think the circumstances are different. As the 3-team alliance, I'd be more inclined to discuss, with the other alliance, the possibility of creating a 0-0 tie situation in order to have a more evenly matched elimination round. To me, it would be less satisfying to win the 2/3 when one of the alliances lost a match with only one robot on the field.

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Un Luchador

For our team, if there was any way we could help the opposing alliance by let's say tipping the robot back into position, our pilots would do so.

I've seen this several times -- once a driver nearly broke their own arm trying to right an opponent. GP at its finest.

A related anecdote from FTC, where the matches are two on two. An alliance had a disqualified robot, so the other robot was going to play 1 on 2. The single robot then got hung up in an almost impossible way on a game piece during autonomous, which meant that the entire teleop period was going to be two on none. I believe the two-working-robot alliance were all rookies. For the first part of the match the two bots worked on scoring while quite a few people were yelling "knock them off," and the poor stranded robot tried to break free. Eventually, one of the 2-robot alliance nudged the single robot off the game piece and the crowd cheered for them. I think the drivers learned something about what GP means in FIRST. It was a great little moment (even if the single robot was my son's team...).

[ajisjesus]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

Please try to keep this thread on topic and not wander to the specifics.

1) What would you do if you were on the alliance with only 1 robot?
2) What would you do if you were on the alliance with all 3 robots?

1) Do the best that i could do for my alliance and hope that my alliance could get fixed in time for another match

2) hit the kill button and sit there the whole match... its not fair to steal the show or fight with unfavorable odds.. not to mention that it shows some serious gp to possibly lose a match because the other alliance is pretty much handicapped

[daf]

In either situation... use the EMP. Definately.