pic: 848 Puts a Massive Pin on 399

[Brad Voracek]

Originally Posted by JesseK

We put a similar pin on 238 in Florida. When the trailer is jackknifed and the back of the bot is against a wall, there's NOTHING the pinned robot can do. We held our pin without a worry of it breaking (or of being scored on by a PS) for a full 45 seconds until the super cell came in at the end and won us the match by 1 point. 238 was a consistent scorer too, so it was worth it for us to stay idle for that long given the capabilities of the bots on the field. 1144 said that defense was the sole reason they picked us second round ^^. Too bad theirs and 665's comms cut out in QFs.

If the regional ever gets archived, look up Match #72.

I'm going to have to disagree. If my wheels were touching, I could bet that we would be able to get out of the pin. Earlier in the day the same pin happened, but at least our wheels were touching. I managed to get out the pin with some pushing and careful turning. maybe the robot doing the pin was lacking, but unless our wheels arent touching, I wouldn't say theres nothing we can do. =)