Re: Would you like End Game back?
 

From what I've seen, not having the end game in 2014 resulted in a lot more late game defense. This increase in defense provided for excitement at the end of the game, without distracting from the main purpose. In fact, Aerial Assist truly had the feel of a sport, that feeling of the last seconds of a basketball or football game, in which everyone knows that, if this team scores right now, red wins, and if the other team blocks them, then blue wins. With an endgame, it is all dependent on the scoring capability of the teams, and thus, at a certain level, baring a significant malfunction, the endgame points are fairly predictable (either this team has a fast minibot or they don't, either this alliance can fit three bots on the bridge or they can't, either this team can 30 point climb, or they can't) which is not nearly as exciting as the possibility of one team stopping another from making a buzzer beater.