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I think what a lot of people forget is that a lot of these teams weren't around in 2000 or before, they haven't seen what fights their were over the ramp in 2000, and to which robust designs were challenged. Even the teams in their second year only played in 2001 so having any contact is a complete change. I would personally like to see more contact than I saw this year, there are still many teams that I feel would benefit and learn many things from a higher contact game, such as the amount of contact in 2000. Only after you see your electronics ripped to pieces or your battery laying in the middle of the field do many teams learn what robust really is. I applaud any team who created a defensive robot (and those of you that say its so much easier to build must realize that 70-80% of these bots aren't such complex engineering marvels as they like to think they are). I see nothing wrong with being as defensive as you wish, and if I team suffers from poor design they will learn something from the experience. At least your team took time to learn how to play the game and picked a strategy, something many teams neglected to do, and again I applaud you.
Ashley
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