[Ben.V.293]

I think that for now the automonous mode should be as it has been for the past 2 years, a simple goal at the beginning of the match. Before making it a more critical part of the game i think we should let it develop a little more so teams can become more comfortable with it. There were a lot of teams i saw this year that didn't have any automonous at all. If it becomes too complicated too fast then many teams will be left behind and the teams with experianced programmers will have a huge advantage. I also think that the majority of the match should remain under human controll. As a spectator it is much more fun to see competative human driven robots compete than slow computer controlled ones. I do really like mtrawls idea of having a mini bot on the feild that teams would have to catch. Mayby something like 100 points for catching it during automonous and 50 for getting it under human controll. Although as i driver i would prefer the whole match to be under human controll. I just think that 2 minutes of competitive gameplay is more fun than 1 minute and 45 seconds of it.

Ben Van Selous