Thread: IRI - 2015 Rule Modification Ideas?
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Re: IRI - 2015 Rule Modification Ideas?
Here are my serious suggestions:

1. Get rid of serpentine (a long staple of IRI)

2. Go back to wins and losses in both regular and playoff matches. There is precedence for this in 2003 and it was much better. Even if it is just for the playoffs, then that will still be better.

3. Go to 2 v 2!

4. As a result of #3 above, reduce the number of teams attending.


#3 is the most exciting for me because this reduces the need for all of the cans and makes that race less influential without significantly changing the game. It also makes an alliance really weigh the trade-offs between auton and cans.


and one not so serious suggestion:

All day Friday are mentor matches. Only Saturday are student drivers allowed to drive.
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