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[stevek]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

A lot of 230's damage is done before you can get to defending them. The three in auto, then they manage to swerve and kick one or two before you can slide them across the floor. 4-5 + 2 for hanging from one partner while they draw all the defense is not too shabby at all. They won't carry an alliance at the Championship, but they're a fairly flexible component of one.

I am on 230 and I have to say that this is pretty accurate. I spent a lot of time looking at results around the country (thus far) and a 4 point match will win 75% of all matchups. In fact of the 42 matches day 1 matches at WPI, only 11 had scrores of 5Pts or More. We were in 4 of those, another two teams were in 3 and the rest were spiratic. Of those 5+ point matches, 9 would have still one with only a 4 pt Game and 2 would have tied... thats if the winning alliance only scored 4 that match. So 469 has had some impressive scores in the 20's but that is not the norm. Our High is 11. That is closer to the average regional high score.

I agree we can be pushed, but that was a sacrifice we decided on for mobility. But if we can still win 75% of the matches in the country before our partners score, than thats pretty good and our partners just add to that. Ofcourse there are those high scoring matches to look out for!

I think the only way to beat a 469 is to not let the alliance score in the first place. If the balls dont go in the goal, they cant return them. So you need to clear the zone and keep their partners from scroing.

If you are from 469... my hats off to you for thinking out of the box. Awesome job.

I think there are several good sweepers out there, most of them just plow the balls in. We just feed them and if they are tied up with a defender we score our selves on the other goal from any of the zones. 20 did a great job because that have a great ball handler.

Others have mentioned this too, I dont know why they allow teams to push more than one ball in at a time, I saw several doing it (217 , 2370, 3280 to name a few - my appologies if I remember the team numbers wrong) I thought that was a penalty! Not saying I like the rule, but I was pretty sure we werent allowed to score that way. OR was this changed in a Team Update?

Any how, good luck to you all in remaining regionals.