Week 1

[Vikesrock]

I definitely agree with the poster above

1) Lots of defense in the qualifiers, even when the team is up by 5+ points. With the new ranking system, this is not to your advantage

2)Tons of penalties. By far the most common was having the ball come in more than 3". Some robots did not appear to have anything at all to stop this, others had devices fairly high up on the ball and they would drive up over the ball, getting it trapped beneath them.

3)With these low scores, fast consistent hangers will definitely have a big edge in qualifications.

4)Don't try to hang before the finale unless you've practiced this maneuver! Expanding while touching the tower, then backing up to reposition a hook was another good way to rack up some penalty points.

5)Stay away from your opponents tower and any robots around it during the Finale. This was the last of the penalties I saw being racked up frequently