[GBilletdeaux930]

Scoring is very fair this year. Not nearly as one sided as years like 2007.

When I did the averages, they came out to be around 19 pts in Auton, 19 pts in Tele, and 16 pts in climbing per alliance.

I suppose this could be improved slightly by finding a way to increase climbing scores just a hair, and the way to do this may be increasing to 10, 20, 40 like others have suggested. But eliminating the 10pt climb will drop that average down severely, and raising the 10pt to something else will raise the average severely too.

I don't expect these scores to change too much. Comparing to years like 2008 where every method of point scoring was viable and would win you regionals (see 148), there was absolutely no change in scores from week 1 to week 6.

Last year, as more and more teams began balancing, the scores went up 33% from week 1 to week 6 but I don't see more teams climbing to 30 because of one fact. About half the teams I've seen climb, climb on the inside or would be hindered by a robot climbing on the inside. At champs, yeah I bet we'd see 3 corner climbers. At regionals, I don't expect it to be as prevalent and teams will continue to pick robots for their shooting ability, not their preferred climbing area. Especially since their aren't enough climbers to guarantee a climbing alliance.

If there is an increase in scores, it'll be because of more 10 pt hangers, or robots perfecting their shooting and finding those sweet spots.