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Originally Posted by bduddy
When I was thinking of game ideas, the first thing I thought of was "How can you have a longer game without decreasing the number of games?" The answer is simple - more robots on the field. Assuming a fixed 4 minutes between games, a 4 minute 4v4 game gets teams as many games as a 2 minute 3v3 game. Of course more robots on the field may increase the downtime as well, but it's certainly an idea... and hey, wasn't everyone talking about the 4 pushpins like 100 posts ago?
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Every year we keep saying that this is the year where they have 4 robots. I am not sure that 3 minute match would qualify as a reason to have 4 robots, FIRST would have to completely re structure the picking procedure, match schedules, etc. And when you think about it, 8 robots on the field is a lot, with 6 it is already cramped. If they were to have 8 robots on the field, without making the field larger, the game would probably have to be a challenge that does not require precision.