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Re: This year's "game" is a job, not a game

This is just me speaking from a spectator. I have NOT built a robot this year. I went to an event last weekend for fun and to take a break from a film project I am working on and this is what I thought:

If math and science isn't your thing, visit the pits and see some robots quickly and then go home and work on something else. Come back next year. The straight up sporting feel of the game just isn't there if you don't "get" the scoring right away. It's not like many of the past games where anyone off the street could walk in and be able to follow what's going on.

The game may not be for everyone but I can kind of see its merits in teaching kids to play against them-self and try to make the best robot they can, then beat that robot. Always try to achieve higher scores and do better each match.

All that being said, I wish this years game had more action, had more interaction between teams, and had a less difficult seeding system. I started to try and figure that out and no amounts of coffee could make that happen without sitting down with a manual. I'll give it another shot in a few weeks and hopefully my thoughts on the game will change but who knows.
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