Hey, how do you beat turtling

[9MotorGang]

@9MotorGang

With equally matched opponents, A 4-3 goal split is the most likely, possibly 5-2 if one side’s auton messes up. With the new way hoarding is defined, you can assume that each alliance will be able to “lock down” the goals. I am also going to assume that the alliance with the goal lead will win autonomous (as most autons that get more than 20 points don’t just score rings), and that no rings are going to be scored on the neutral goals. At high levels of play, you can assume that all of the goals will be elevated. This leaves the alliance with 3 goals 46 points behind.

In order to make up the 46 points without scoring goals, you have two options, parking and rings. An elevated robot is worth 30 points and a full alliance goal is worth about 30 points. This means that in order to win against an opponent with a 1 goal lead, you need to fill 2 alliance goals, fill 1 alliance goal and park, or double park.

However, your opponents also have access to these methods of scoring points. These means that to win, you need to perform 2 more of these additional actions than your opponent to make up a 1 goal deficit. So if you opponents park and fill 1 alliance goal in addition to elevating their 4 goals, your alliance now needs to double park and fill both alliance goals in addition to elevating all 3 of their goals.

TL;DR In order to counter a goal deficit, your robot needs to be able to park and score rings.

While this post is from December, I feel it still applies.