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Re: The New Endgame

After reflecting upon this weeks matches, I am officially in favor of the end game being retired. I came to this conclusion for several reasons.

I personally have never enjoyed watching the finish of a tight match than this year. I realized that the end game split the match really into two different challenges and now seeing a game with no separate challenge, I realize how much the end game takes away from the flow of a good match.

One of my biggest platforms has always been making FIRST spectator friendly, and most mainstream sports don't have anything related to an endgame. 9th inning home runs aren't worth more. Consistent rules leads to ease of watch. This game effectively made the game more spectator friendly without losing an ounce of the challenge of any other FRC game.

Having something completely unrelated to the rest of the game that can dramatically shift the outcome of said game is actually kind of off putting now that I see a game without it.

Seeing that last second ball fly over the truss, or bounce out of a goal, made the end of every tight match so much more dramatic. After watching a couple of matches, I feel anyone could have understood this game, with maybe the concept of the assist needing to be explained to them. That's a very good thing. It was also easy to follow with less game pieces. I know it's a big change, but I think it's the right change.

If you really need an "end game" to make you enjoy the game, just think of the concept of keep playing the game as the end game
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