[IsabelRinging]

Yeah, the way they're doing the elim rounds really makes me nervous. I don't like it.

But I don't understand how this necessarily gives the team who wins the first match more of an advantage than last year, unless there's a really large difference of EPs.

I also don't see how this shuts out the Beatty-esque robots who dominate. There might not be a change in elim round scoring rules that helped these types of robots last year, but it's still set up so that they'll get points for whatever's in their own scoring zone. The other team wouldn't be able to screw up their score nearly as much as they could during last year's qualifying rounds.

Sure, it would help to win with your opponent having points (because it increases the difference between your scores, making it harder for them to catch up in the next round) but it's not like you're screwed for having that type of dominating bot.