Each alliance's drive team or strategy team will often meet prior to their match to discuss how they will play the game and what will work best for their alliance. Oftentimes, teams will design their robots with different features in mind. Some can pick things up off the ground, others can just collect things from a source, some can hang, some can't, some specialize in defensive maneuvers...they discuss these features and what will earn their alliance the most points. Points and wins lead to ranking points. Ranking points are what determines our rank in the competition.