Driving Strategies for this year --

[Herodotus]

Here are a few things I think may be helpful, but of course I haven't driven the robot much except testing out the drive train early on.

1. Always move. This is just obvious because of how easy it is to score on a stationary trailer.

2. You generally want to be spinning. A target moving in two dimensions is harder to hit than a target moving in one dimension.

3. Turn, don't spin. From what little driving I did I noticed spinning in place is a particularly slow thing to do. Unlike past years you won't be able to get around much by stopping, turning in place, and taking off again. Reserve spinning as a defensive maneuver, and instead try to make looping curves and use you're momentum to keep you moving.

4. Stay away from the walls and other robots, unless scoring or interacting with you're human player. I say this because if you wedge up against a wall or hit a bot you could be dead in the water, and be scored on very rapidly.

5. 2 robots = more power than 1 robot. If a robot hits you from certain directions or in certain ways you could use the energy they just imparted into you to begin a movement in that direction, and thus keep you moving instead of slowing you down.

Edit: Also, a thought on alliance selection. There will be no carrying of alliances this year. The best bot and two bad bots will EASILY be outscored by three ok bots. Think very long and very hard about your alliance partners if you want to take the gold this year. They are going to be even more important than in the past. I also suggest everyone help out anyone having any kind of problems with movement or auton especially. If we have a bunch of bots sitting out there with no auton the matches are going to be very lopsided as their trailers get stuffed with balls.