I'm on the opposing side. I think that this year may be one of the most boring yet. It is essentially a copy of Rack 'N' Roll for the most part, which means that we will mainly see teams either repeating what they did for Rack 'N' Roll, or doing whatever a winning team did.

Defense, one of my favorite things to build a robot for, will be either too weak, or impossible to get around. Early on, teams will focus on scoring ONLY, and when teams try to defend, it will be too easy! There are many places where it will be hard for a robot to maneuver, and blocking those places will be a small challenge for the other teams. For the most part, robots this year are going to have a lot of telescoping arms, or elevator-like mechanisms, that cannot go out far, just up. It will be easy to block an incoming robot from scoring if they cannot move their hanging mechanism near the pegs. I've also seen many designs built for defense that cannot score, but completely block off an opponent when they try to come back after receiving a tube, or when they try to get near the feeding station. The competition will be fun, since all FIRST competitions are, but the creativity level and exciting new robots will be at an all time low.

Of course, this is just my opinion, but it does make sense.