[tkell274]

I believe that FIRST will have its minor changes throughout the build and competition season through the updates and they may even finally change the value of scoring at the Championship this year like they have held the right to the past three years. But I find it very hard to believe that they would ever change the game so drastically halfway through the build season. I know by that point most teams are working towards their final designs and are getting ready to debug and to have to totally change their robots would be insane.


Also the idea that one team could still dominate is really not the case this year. It is much more likely that three teams will be able to assist three times and score in the top goal for 40 points and do three cycles than one team doing six cycles for 20. Yes there will be cases in the early qualification rounds that one team could win it by themselves, but in eliminations and later weeks that will not be the case. It is very simple to pass and control the ball this year, all it requires is repeated contact with the ball and then something as simple as ramming the ball to an alliance member that could pick up and shoot.

This will become a very complex game with the strategies of passing, shooting and defending and I think it will start boring like most years do but will end up being one of the more exciting games in recent FIRST history.

And as for the name of the game it's Aerial Assist because of the passing and catching over the trust. Not some super secret endgame in my opinion.