[Alex2614]

I originally hated that there was no endgame.

However, I have since changed my mind. After going through a couple days of our first event, I found that the gameplay ran much smoother, and it was much easier for the crowd to follow.

I realized that it was much better for the gameplay to continue, rather than being interrupted by this "other" task that was completely unrelated to the game.

That being said, I think that there were a couple end-games that were done well (Rebound Rumble, Overdrive), but most of them, while they were fun to watch, were also kind of whacky now that I think about it because it had absolutely nothing to do with the game. It made the gameplay in many games very confusing in the last 20 or 30 seconds because you would have some robots continuing to do what they were, and some doing this other task. It interrupted the gameplay. As far as FIRST's goal of making FIRST more accessible and understandable and marketable to the "general public" or the "civies" as I call them, removing the endgame was a good move.

I also hated when the endgame was worth more than the game itself. When an alliance could essentially be terrible throughout the whole match, and win in the last couple seconds by completing one task before the other team did. While it was exciting at times, it also led to some teams making it to the eliminations that probably didn't deserve to be there. When the robot could really only do one thing well, and they end up in the top 8. Lunacy comes to mind especially... Not trying to be mean, but rather realistic.