think of the game as foosball instead of soccer

[jamie_1930]

Originally Posted by EZE115

After giving it much thought I've come to the conclusion this whole game is about lane control. Honestly, I think the tunnels will end up being near to impossible to use for many teams, so being able to go over the bumps will be big. Instead of looking at this game as a soccer match i think it'll be better to see it as a foosball match, everyone stays in their own lane and does there part for the team. this year's robots will basically break down into 3 main categories. Either ur a close lane, middle lane or far lane robot.

A good close lane robot should be able to have good ball movement, speedy but strong to handle the defense and a soft touch kick.

A good mid lane robot should have good ball movement to get the balls to the first lane robot or to have a strong mid range kick w/ help from the camera. the middle robot needs to be an ALL-STAR because the too will have to play defense to fight for control of the middle zone by controlling what and who gets passed through the tunnels.

The far lane robot will have to be a good old defensive robot. they any to stop any close range scoring by standing right i front of the goal and not giving it up after it moves up the balls to the first or middle lane. they would have to move the first 3 balls from the far lane in auto mode or the other team will come and take them when transmit mode starts.

this game is all about team work and BALL MOVEMENT!!! u cant hog all of the balls and think ur gonna be able to score them all.

I like this idea because if you think of the game with the mind set as you play foosball than you would soccer, you stop worrying about being able to have pinpoint accuracy when kicking the ball and instead just move it up the line till you reach the goal and then score. This will probably prove very effective because the communication and coordination involved in passing the ball, like some people are talking about doing, is unrealistic especially when robots will be designed differently and having the robot trap a ball will be hard.