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Originally Posted by Boltman
No use whaling to FRC about the game until its over..they aren't changing it.
Perhaps feedback will help after RR or this could be the best game ever... guess we'll see.
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Actually, they can change rules of the game, referenced by the team update that addressed the "noodle agreement". There is also a clause in the rule book stating that point values may be changed for championships.
Quite frankly, it's not even the fact that noodles can score so much being thrown, it's the fact that the game wants these noodles to have more of a role than being bonus points on top of a stack. I care more about noodles being thrown, getting into robots, and getting into drivetrains. We got a noodle stuck in our drivetrain in one of our finals matches. We essentially had to saw the noodle in half with our chains to free ourself. I feel like teams will start to take advantage of this, and play "defense" on landfill bots by throwing noodles to get jammed into other robots' drivetrains.
Also, the point values are also pretty high. 40 points on noodles. That's a 6 tote stack with an RC and noodle on top, something you don't see often in quals.... or even playoffs at weaker regionals.