SPs in Starstruck?

VEX Robotics Competition Discussion VRC > Starstruck (16/17)
#1

Hello,

I was wondering how SPing will work in this new game. Lets say you are completely clean on your side of the field, and your opponents aren’t/can’t do anything do send some over to your side, how do you SP to improve qualification ranking?

Thanks,
Joey

#2

i guess how close the matches would be for ex
if i scored 16 and you scored 14 the matches are pretty close so a stronger SP for me

#3

This year instead of SPs, the tiebreaker will be Autonomous Points:

#4

Does the 4 bonus points at the end of autonomous add on to your AP points in a match?

#5

The first ranking is Win points, then auto points(4 for auto win, 0 for tie/loss) then SPs. There will be a lot of ties in WPs and APs, so SPs still matter a lot. Our plan for SPs is to crush in Auto, then respond to everything that your opponent does. Ex: They throw star over, you throw star back. Just leave some objects on your side for the whole game. You also get 4 points in match for winning auto.

#6

SPs will still exist, they will just be third-basis ranking as opposed to second.

#7

Is the Autonomous Points calculated as (4 for auto win, 0 for tie/loss)

or

Is Autonomous Points the total accumulated points earned in the autonomous period (14 pts for Red, 20 pts for Blue)?

Autonomous Points (AP) – The second basis of ranking teams. Autonomous Points are awarded in
the amount of Autonomous Bonus points earned by an Alliance in a Qualifying Match.
#8

4 for auto win. It grants the number of auto bonus points as the AP, which is 4.

#9

No, the AP is the total amount of points gained by your alliance in auto. As the 4 points won are won AFTER auto is over, they will not count to the total. They would also just make scores unreliable if counted.

#10

I think due to the way тhat the game is scored this year, they added in APs because other wise you get more of a penalty for doing extreamly well. And to encourage more programming.

#11

This is incorrect. You get the number of Autonomous Bonus points you scored in autonomous (as puzzler7 said).

Essentially, if you win autonomous you’ll receive 4 APs, otherwise you’ll get 0.

#12

Thats how I interpreted it

#13