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Originally posted by sanddrag
And bulldozing we did! Now, did you mean bins or robots because we did both.
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Please keep the thread on topic. This isn't a topic about who's bot is best suited for the game. There are already threads for that. The topic at hand is how FIRST handled game development and logistics.
Now back to the topic.
Overall, I do believe FIRST has improved over last year. The rules are a lot more precise, but a little vague in areas. Actually, I believe that loosening some of the rules actually made them easier to follow.
FIRST still lacks in the area of referee coordination, although it is a little bit better than last year. The major improvement needed is that some rulings made on the forums were repealed. If a question is controversial, it should be moved into another forum where a more definate ruling can be made by a qualified professional. A false ruling made early in the game can seriously hurt a team's robot design.
As for the events themselves, I'd say they are about the same as last year, if not, better. We went to MR and it was a lot of fun. The music was great, and the event was coordinated well. The screen that shows rankings was painfully slow though.
Lastly, as for the game itself, could it be better? Sure. Could it be worse? Sure. The challenge is to take what's given to you and make something of it. Some teams did realize that their stack will have to be defended, and they made a mechanism that carries it with them. Then they deposited it in the final seconds of the match. The scoring system was still a little confusing, although the game was easy to understand.