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Re: How on Earth are spectators meant to easily discern who wins?

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Originally Posted by M. Krass

I understand that things get better with time, but not all teams have the benefit of attending several events so they may have the opportunity to learn and improve. Furthermore, it seems to me that a spectator off the street isn't going to stick around watching things evolve for the next five weeks. They're not going to see teams learn to be better at avoiding penalties because, for the most part, they don't understand why the penalties were assessed in the first place and did not see anything obviously out of the ordinary during the match.

Again, I see how the penalties can be successfully used to influence behavior on the field -- but I wonder if there are better methods of play balancing that are more spectator friendly.
I think that FIRST has taken a step back wards on having a spectator/TV friendly game this year, I had a very hard time figuring out who won each match because of the possibility of penalties and such.
I do think that 30 points is a bit much in some cases but they are there to keep people safe, With out the rules this would be battle bots, not FIRST.
I hope everyone has a safe and fun events in the up coming events.
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