Editing 1995 (section)

===Game strategy===

Although it was written in the rules that grabbing or grasping the field goal was against the rules, and the intention seems to be that balls would be shot or lifted and dropped through the field goal, the overwhelmingly dominant method of scoring was for robots to collect a single ball in a large fork or other grabber and lift it completely through the field goal so that it counted as scored and then bring the grabber back through the field goal to score again in the other direction. Team Update #1 clarified that this was a valid method of scoring as long as the ball fully passed through the field goal. Arms and other lifting mechanisms could not rest on top of the Field Goal and some robots would tip up on one set of wheels as the weight of their arm and grabber passed through the field goal. Catapults were generally outperformed by robots that would sit behind the field goal on top of the ramp. Some robots incorporated stabilizers that would be deployed when in position at the top of the ramp.

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File:42678 - 1995 1995cmp frc-53 frc100 match robot.png|Teams [[frc-53|-53]] and [[frc100|100]] scoring back and forth at the [[1995cmp|National championship]]. Team -53 has a pair of flip-down stabilizers extended [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/42678]
File:42676 - 1995 1995cmp frc126 frc190 match robot.png|Teams [[frc126|126]] and [[frc190|190]] scoring back and forth at the [[1995cmp|National championship]] [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/42676]
File:42680 - 1995 1995cmp frc100 match robot.png|[[frc141|Team 141]] launching a ball while [[frc100|100]] gets in position to score repeatedly [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/42680]
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When starting in the middle (blue) position, it was easiest to charge the bump and grab the small blue ball at the close end of the pile and then try to make it up the ramp to score. Scoring first was almost always a tactical advantage. From one of the side starting positions it was usually more advantageous to wait for the bump to clear and grab one of the larger balls to score more points. Being able to score from the central ramp as well as the platform behind the field goal was also advantageous, especially if not scoring first<ref>[[:File:1995_New_Hampshire_recap.pdf|New Hampshire Regional recap]]</ref>.