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Re: What do you want to see in this years game?

I think I've said this quite a few times by now, but there needs to be a much more convincing reason for Kinect usage. Offering points for using it is not the way to go. A competitive advantage, likely from being able to react to a changing situation, is the best way* to do it. I believe that autonomous with Kinect would be best done in an autonomous mode like Aim High or Lunacy, where all robots would move at eachother and being able to have some control, or at the very least a mode switcher, would be the best choice. An Overdrive-style hybrid mode, where the hybrid control would be used to compensate for randomness in the game is not the best way to use it, as it encourages programming the Kinect as nothing more than a mode switcher.

TL;DR: If Kinect's in, it would be best used where actual control is needed.
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