While the title only has half the events that happened this week, those are the major ones with some of the national powerhouses and interesting happenings.
Alamo (San Antonio, Texas): 118, 148, 624, 2468 (seeing at Hub City)
From Alamo, most of what was shown are that 3 robot cycles are possible, and a much more plausible way to go than originally thought (this was found when watching matches with primarily 118). Also, we found that defense was a big factor for teams that had slightly lower shooters (148), and quick turns will definitely be needed to maneuver around defense, rather than pushing, since the clear shot is needed.
Inland Empire (Grand Terrace, California): 1678, 399, 1828 (seeing at Arizona)
For Inland Empire, 1678 was definitely the team we would like to be. Although they would get continually hit, it was about quickly maneuvering, lining up to shoot, and getting the ball out as fast as possible, and, just in general, trying to go around than through. Also, one of the main strategies seen with them is the over truss to human player, then getting the ball from the human player and scoring, allowing them to do quick 20 point cycles and not have to rely on other robots if other bots on the same alliance were built primarily to be defensive.
Southfield (Southfield, Michigan): 33
Main thing here was watching how great the Bees are (Team 33, the Killer Bees), but watching how teams would respond to them. Pretty much, I saw a new strategy not previously seen or heavily talked about, which was double team the powerhouse, and one of the other bots run back and forth doing the 20 point cycles (video can be found here). This will definitely be helpful for anything we may run into at either Hub City or Arizona.
GTR West (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): 610, 1310, 1241
This regional was particularly interesting due to the teams attending. 610 and 1241 are the current defending world champions, so it was nice to see what they had planned. Overall, the general strategy taken by these teams were similar to 1678, but, rather than doing everything on their own, they would have a different bot positioned next to the human player, and that different bot would be the one that scores. This opened things up to the 30 point cycles, and does not burn much extra time in the process.
Palmetto (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
Pretty much, don't violate G40!
Central Illinois (Pekin, Illinois): 1986
This regional showed the physicality of the game, as can be seen in the last finals match, that people really hit each other hard, and there are not any fouls called if bots are hit hard
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