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Originally Posted by BJC
Of course, the flip side is getting to watch numerous matches where robots sit still for 40 seconds. 15 seconds is plenty long for that.  |
Bingo. Even in 2008 when teams just needed to drive straight to get points, there were far too many teams not doing autonomous.
The problem the GDC has is making a game that is good for both week 1 regionals and the championship. This year's game was good for early weeks, but pretty boring at the championship (the diminishing value of tubes, imo, really killed the game when played at the highest level). A longer auto would be good later in the season (pinks 3 uber auto, more 5 ball auto in Breakaway), but would be awful watching 6 robots stand still for 40 seconds week 1.