When I first saw the field at the beginning of the animation, my jaw dropped. I thought it looked so hard. And the rest of my team around me was in the same state of disbelief. Sure, we won SPBLI regional, but we weren't sure about this one. After they started talking about it, it didn't seem that bad.
I'm definately a fan of this year's game. Then again, 870 is only a 3rd year team and we weren't around when there were other hanging bar games. The games that I've played in have had one or two strategies or "roads" but this year, as they say, we can change that. There are so many different options with what can be done. Mechanical and Human cooperation is stressed and that's probably for the best. We can't just build our robot and say that it's done and can do anything. No matter what, it will need human help and that's the point. And anybody can get skill at foul shots with the rubber balls if they practice enough.
I can't wait to start building and am already writhing with excitement about the competitions.
