Car Nack Predicts 2010-4

[henryBsick]

Originally Posted by Car Nack

Car Nack Predicts

4. Although Breakaway appears to be a low scoring game, there will be some matches when an alliance will score 20 or greater points. This will be an extremely rare event. There will never be a 30 point alliance score.

Car Nack has spoken.

In all of your great wisdom Car Nack, I must respectfully disagree with this prediction. 30 points WILL be achieved.

Let the games begin!

[Chris is me]

A 30 point match is improbable even with a 3v0 alliance with no opposition who doesn't care about Coopertition Points.

Some assumptions about the alliance.

All 3 robots hang for 6 points in the last 15 seconds of the match. No more scoring here.

All 3 robots have perfect auto modes (6 point autonomous).

Assuming ideal human player coordination, one ball can get through the gate up top around every 7 seconds. 5 more seconds for each ball to roll down (all conservative estimates here).

In teleop, let's say the robots score the other 6 balls in 15 more seconds. In the two minutes of teleop, here's how the balls get back to the field.

0:12
0:24
0:36
0:48
1:00
1:12
1:24
1:36

That's 8 more balls on the field for the rest of the match. 12 points + if all 8 balls get scored as soon as they return to the field + 6 points hanging (going with Car Nack's no dual suspension prediction) is only 26 points.

30 points isn't happening.