[pwnageNick]

The balls bouncing out of the goals and some assists not being counted have to be the 2 biggest things out there so far. I have especially noticed that the assists that are left out most often are the third one of a cycle, at least it seemed to be the most prevalent.

I think it is true that a lot of teams look like they don't know what to do out there, but I think it already started to get much better by the end of the day. Keep in mind even for teams that practiced a ton before competition, they probably were not able to practice with 5 other robots running around the field getting in the way. This will take some time, like it does with every other game. I t is just more noticeable this year because there is only one game object. By the end of the day a lot of teams were really starting to learn how to trade off between dealing with the ball and playing defense effectively.

Also, while robot catching has not been prevalent due to the middle of the field often having complete chaos all over the place, throwing over the truss to the human player has been an extremely popular strategy and has been pretty effective in a lot of matches.

I think tomorrow will really give us a better idea of how this game can be played now that teams have gotten accustomed to the dynamic. We can't be too quick to judge about everything so quickly.

-Nick