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Originally Posted by George Nishimura

I am struggling to see how game design determines anything but the type of modification.
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Unless FIRST tries to explicitly ban it again, there's a culture change, or the role of the third robot becomes trivial, I think "cheesecaking" could be here to stay.

This game might have been a perfect storm of conditions; cheesecaking doesn't have to be specifically outlawed to achieve the desired interaction (or lack there of).

If the game pieces, floor space and opportunity to score isn't as limited, a 3rd bot can contribute more than just a platter to hold cheesecake (decrease reward).

If the interaction between robot and game piece is non-trivial and requires more fabrication than a bolt on mechanism, cheesecaking becomes much more difficult (increase risk).