Thread: Do you think FIRST should extend the autonomous time
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Re: Do you think FIRST should extend the autonomous time
I'll just play Devil's Advocate here:

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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri View Post
You can score 75 in auto this year. Most qualification matches do not peak 100 points. This seems plenty important.
I know my game insight and strategy skills are legendary (I predicted a strong goalie bot would be a reasonable strategy this year), but could this not be little bit of confirmation bias? You're not comparing average autonomous to average match scores, and it's hard to say that the average telop scores are what the game was theoretically designed for.

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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber View Post
No. The fact is most autonomous periods are boring. Many robots don't even move. Having 30 seconds of 5 robots sitting still while 1 moves forward, does some simple task for 5 seconds and then sits still is BORING.
Couldn't you draw the conclusion from this (absolutely agreed upon) sentiment that teams aren't focusing on autonomous mode BECAUSE not enough (perceived) importance is being placed on strong autonomous performance?
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