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Originally Posted by Brandon Zalinsky
I think a good way to judge the excitement of a game is to watch Einstein and watch the crowd and the people there. This year, the crowd was completely dead, as far as I could see/hear. This was a far cry from any previous year, where sometimes it felt like a minor earthquake in the arena during the finals.
This was due, in my opinion, to exactly what you stated. The crowd knew the match would be decided in the first second of auto, and barring major screwup, they were guaranteed a win...What I saw was incredibly creative and awesome machines playing an atrocious and boring game.
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Agreed. Einstein this year kinda dragged on and had nowhere near the hype as last year. Sure, the first 15 seconds were exciting, but after that I already knew what each robot would do - 1114, 2056, 118 would pretty much always make a beeline for the landfill, 330, 148 would head to the human player, etc. etc. to the point where each match seemed to be the same thing over and over. In past years, the possibility of defense by an opposing alliance has drastically changed an alliance's strategy. I didn't see much of that with this game
Also, like others have said, the QA system for playoffs is another huge problem from this year but that's for another thread
