[Kartoffee]

As far as I am concerned, it was a nice break from previous years. 2014 was arguably the most aggressive years so far, with the clear playing field. We saw some teams come out of practically nowhere with ridiculously competitive DPR's. 2015 was on the other end of the spectrum. It was also a very difficult rookie year, mostly due to the un-scoring of entire stacks, that also hindered progress of new stacks. There are arguments for both, but last year wasn't a spectator sport. Who can understand by watching a single match what is going on? Why don't they drive to the other side? Who got the points for the yellow boxes? Why isn't that robot moving (at the feeder station)? Stronghold is very easy to understand. You get points for crossing obstacles, clearly indicated by lights, and each ball scored gets you closer to a capture. The defense is a very important part of the game that adds so much excitement. Also, a lot of the modifications made for elimination rounds/playoffs are only about robot-robot interaction. If you get stuck with a KOP bot as your second pick, you add a T-shirt blocker. We faced bots like that in week 2 (proud to say we shot over them). Last year there wasn't much to do. We were the 3rd pick on Carver at the championship, I believe by the second alliance, and we had to modify our robot so badly for a can grabber that we lost literally all scoring capability, because that was the only way to prevent them from scoring more. My point is, it would be much more interesting to watch a game with defense, and 2015 was just a break from the action.