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Originally Posted by EricLeifermann
I've seen/heard a lot of people say if you can get to 20, you can get to 30 just do what you did to get to 20 again. Maybe that's why nobody is talking about going for 20.
I also agree that a 20 point is way easier than a 30 point. I believe there is a way to get 20 points completely after the buzzer and in the 5 second "grace period". If we decide to implement it, I know we will be able to make up the missing 10 points from trying to get 30 during the rest of the match....
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I agree. A 20 point hang can be much easier than a 30 pointer. Most of our students would not agree, but it really could be. At least with the right design.
Our students wanted to go all the way and attempt a 30 point climb even if they did nothing else. And, that may ultimately prove to be the consequence. By shooting for the top level they seem to end up ignoring techniques that do not get them to the top. The ones they were left with proved to be the ones where an only minimally more complex mechanism got you from level 2 to level 3, so the choice seemed obvious. However, if they had chosen to do a 20 point climb from the start I can see several ways in which the mechanism could have been much simpler. It is interesting to see how much a stated goal can end up blinding you to other options. This will be an interesting year for retrospectives.