[skip over this part]I now have to admit that I was wrong when early in the season I predicted that many more teams would have successful autonomous modes this year than last year. I personally would support extending the autonomous period to 25 seconds, as the point of FIRST is not supposed to be to have a fair competition, but rather to promote learning and whatnot. As it is no one is going to be learning anything except that software engineers are smart, because the only teams that are going to be scoring in autonomous mode are teams that not only have professional software engineers writing their code, but also have engineers designing their robot, and have a lot of luck besides. Ok maybe that is a little bit of a stretch, but the autonomous mode is not supposed to be difficult to the point of impossibility, it is just supposed to be a challenge that can be overcome, and teams that are especially good will not only overcome the challenge, but will go beyond what is thought possible, and will help other teams do the same. Also I think FIRST is moving away from autonmous mode, and is becoming too much of a remote control car building and driving contest.[/skip]
Ok yeah I am done
. To sum things up I think that autonomous mode should be extended. If you care why read above.