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Originally Posted by jwallace15
I disagree with bowling. Not in a bad way, but if you'll notice, the FRC game was a sports related game last year (basketball).
2010: Breakaway: sports related (soccer).
2008: Overdrive: sports related (NASCAR. Yes, it is a sport).
Notice the pattern? Every 2 years (since 2008) there has been a sports related game. If they continue this pattern, it probably won't be a bowling related game. I'm not ruling it out as a possibility, but I'm saying I think it's unlikely.
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I think this pattern is pretty apparant, but just because they've followed it in the past doesn't mean they must continue to do so.
From a personal perspective, I'm very much in favor of sports-related games. They are far easier to explain, and therefore more captivating, to those outside of FIRST. Explaining that you are "building a robot that plays basketball [and balances on a bridge]" is far easier for someone to visualize and understand than "building a robot that puts up inflatable tubes in the shape of the FIRST logo on a wall of pegs [and deploys a minibot that climbs a pole]". Logomotion was a great spectator sport for those in FIRST and casual fans alike, but explaining it beforehand was a bit more difficult.