[AndreaV]

I don't know if you can call it an endgame, but 2005's "tic tac toe" tetra game element was an interesting challenge.

For those unfamiliar the tetra goals were placed 3 x 3 so that from above, it was like a game of tic-tac-toe with the red or blue tetras on top being the X or O. It lead to the center goal becoming paramount and there was usually a rush at the end to break a row of 3 by topping strategic goals. This was essentially de-scoring, but all the placed tetras still counted for 3 points. While it wan't an alternative way to score (like 2013's 10 pt hang) it was points that were counted at the end, and could determine the outcome of a match.

It was sort of an endgame,but the intended endgame was to have all 3 robots back in front of the driver station and behind a line. the actual end game took away from the main game, and only rewarded a measly 10 points. I wouldn't mind seeing it not included.


FRC has come a long way since 2005 when I started, and the quality of robots has gone up drastically thanks to Vex and Andymark. I would love to see a similar game mechanic with today's robots.


2007 had a similar thing with the rack.. but that was messy.