[AllenGregoryIV]

Autonomous

• A la carte - could work but possibly harder to implement with the FMS, and changes the game a lot.
• Inclusive Auton Zone - my favorite solution, remove the completely contained in portion of the rule from robot, tote, and container sets. As long as any part of the tote, robot, or container is in the zone then it counts. Tote stacks still need to be fully in the zone. This would allow tether bots to get robot sets, and more container sets from containers off the step. Simple solution that makes auton a whole lot easier and slightly more worth while.

* On a related subject we should remove the landmark from the field. Field crews shouldn't have to tape it down. I haven't seen anybody use it for anything.

COOP/Gold Totes

• Remove COOP - It's interesting, but teams are built for it and we shouldn't punish them. Get rid of the penalty for knocking over stacks because that thing is just silly.
• Add Point Values for Higher Stacks - To many teams are built specifically for the 4 stack (see 118, etc), don't encourage redesigns
• Make Gold Totes worth points in stacks - this is simple and not too big of an advantage for the tote stack teams. It basically rewards the tote stack in auto by giving the team a 3 tote head start in telop, if they can use it. A lot of teams would have to just score it and move on since they need to pickup a container first. That's only a 6 point advantage if they can't put a container on them.
• Gold Totes worth more in stacks - This isn't so bad either, yes the tote stack robots would have some advantage but the other teams could just feed in the gold totes for the same advantage. I'm not sure how much this effects the game since basically they would be scored in most matches if the points were enough. Doesn't really help game play much and actually punishes in consistent tote stacks since the totes might end up sideways etc.
• Gold Totes as containers - I don't like this. If I have 3 "containers" I can keep in my feeder station and I only have to make stacks of 7 totes, I 'm going to do that every match and never worry about going and grabbing containers. A robot that is normally good for 2 stacks of 6 + RC, is easily able to do 3 full stacks if the gold totes count as containers. Plus some teams can't do 7 and that isn't their fault.