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Originally Posted by Amar Shah
Not to mention sending out the kit of parts next year inside this years' game pieces.
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Do you think they may charge more for a KOP shipped in a tote certified as having been used on Einstein?
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Originally Posted by cadandcookies
I wouldn't be surprised if we saw another game that had separated alliances, but I don't think it's indicative of any greater change in FIRST-- other than a more visible statement that FIRST really isn't held to some sort of game template, and that rules can and do change.
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Originally Posted by cglrcng
This game is both a thinking game of play strategy, & a robot design challenge that can be very deep (it isn't just simply building stacks and walls)....
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Maybe FIRST is wanting to shake up the existing mindsets about how best to play the game. I feel this is good since your (future) employer may give a project that is quite unlike what you had worked on before requiring you to approach your job in a very different way and/or to develop new skills.
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Originally Posted by nuclearnerd
Uber-teams might have a freer hand to dominate than years previous. I expect there to be a pretty strong correlation this year between OPR and team budget / experience.
So it could swing either way. I'm more ready to give it a chance than I was at kickoff. If it works, we'll see more of these (*cough FLL*) style games. If it doesn't, we won't.
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The only aspect of this game I see that is similar to FLL is that the Uber-teams are likely to develop "Monster-bots" that span large parts of the field to score much more rapidly than a robot that must drive back and forth. These are great fun to watch if you appreciate mechanical ingenuity. I feel they are probably more likely to appeal to spectators outside of the FRC community compared to the appreciation and reverence that teams like 16, 67, 254 and 1114 get within FRC community since knowledge of the subtleties of the game in not required to appreciate them.