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Originally posted by Andrew
In many ways, 2001 was the most revolutionary idea FIRST has come up with. It represented a truly different type of competition. It's just that the implementation left somewhat to be desired.
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I would definitely agree with that statement. In theory the 2001 competition seemed to represent FIRST's ideals almost perfectly. In practice, while it eliminated robot conflict, it increased personal and driver conflict. Plus, it just wasn't that interesting to watch. It was great to watch big 700-point matches like the ones Beatty and a few others pulled off, but the majority of the matches just weren't fun to watch. So yes, it was a revolutionary idea, but a flawed game when you got to the details.