[EricH]

Originally Posted by AndyBare

Just an idea, can anyone name some of the major changes that FIRST didn't in the video, etc. Bumpers introduced and stuff like that. They wouldn't simply hand us the answers. They'd expect us to think they were though.

Bumpers introduced--2006 (optional), 2008 (mandatory)--probably why they didn't mention that.
2006--Game played in offense/defense periods.
2007--"staggered height/weight". Long story short, the taller you were, the lighter you needed to be.

There was a sizing box change in 2005, after another one in the late 90s; the weight changed to exclude the battery the year before.

Penalties became Fouls in 2012, and instead of reducing your score they increased your opponents' score (same time).

Red/Yellow cards were introduced in Breakaway, as I recall (2010) after having been used at IRI since '04 or so.

4-team elimination alliances at CMP was a change in 2014; the elimination alliance structure previously changed in '06 (the serpentine draft) and '05 (introduction of the backup robots).



I thought about asking a random non-FIRSTer what the first thing that popped into their mind was when I said "Change is coming", but decided against that.