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Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe
I agree with, too many people are lumping in the technical issues and the poorly planned ref issues with the game itself. I love the game, there are issues that are effecting it, but the game itself I think is solid.
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The challenging thing is that these issues are related to the game's design. A game could be designed to avoid these issues, and this one wasn't. The game can't be good if the rules (what the refs have to deal with) aren't.
I like the physical challenge of picking up and scoring big balls. The game itself is fundamentally flawed. You can't do one game piece for three robots and not expect defense. You can't do one game piece for three robots where assists get you points and not have strength of schedule be the determinant of seeding more than any other year. You can't fix these by adding 100 rules that referees have to juggle in addition to tracking scoring or you'll get an emotionally charged mess. There are a lot of things to like about this game, and it's been fun, but it's just not compatible with the FRC format.
I think this game was pretty bad. Would I have not competed in this season knowing the game was this bad? I probably still would have done it. So in that sense I can't say I have "buyer's remorse" for paying the FRC entry fee. But I do expect far better. At a certain point, with the amount they expect us to take every rule seriously, follow everything to the letter, etc. we should get the same back.