The first week of New England competitions are now behind us. It was a fantastic first week for the most part. below is a break down of my interpretation of the game and New England competition.
Waterbury: congratulations to 236, 181, 3654 on a great Win. Waterbury was a great event, minus the few hiccups with the field but thanks to the FTA’s and the field reset crew everything settle down Sunday and all matches got played.
Granite state: Congratulations to 5687, 1058, 4908. 5687 you have one of the fastest robots i have ever seen. Also the first alliance in New England to accomplish the 4 rotors, which they did in all but two of there elimination matches. which bring me right into my final point.
Breakdown:
The basic score that will need to be achieved to at-least tie will be 305. That will comprise of 1 auto rotor, 3 robot mobility, 3 rotors spinning (total), and 3 robots climbing. This is what most alliances will be able to accomplish therefore that leaves any fuel/penalties or mistakes for example a robot not completing there climb in time becoming the deciding factor.
Fuel does matter even if its 1 point worth it could make a difference in whats going to become your typical match.
For eliminations if your not scoring over 305 you will be losing.
4 rotors are going to happen more often now as teams make adjustments and improve the cycle times. and could become the deciding factors in many elimination matches.
The question then becomes What do you do during a match once that 305 is reached? If your not going to get a 4th rotor you might as-well stop cycling gears. You will have to do something else to win the match at that point whether it be preventing the other team from getting 3 rotors scoring fuel. just do not commit a penalty or you will be handing the win to the other team.
Finally PILOTS KNOW YOUR JOB. I witnessed way to many pilots not knowing what they are suppose to do and making mistakes that are causing Penalties and matches.