[sanddrag]

On the same size of field with 50% more robots, I never in my wildest dreams could have imagined that the robots would be so shy about touching each other. This is probably due to penalties but that is left for a different thread.

Right after kickoff I thought since every team had been given a really nice four motor drive system that was relaible and could be working on day one, we needed to have something MUCH better to be on top. Was I ever wrong. I think even just anything that moves can play the game the way it is being played. I never could have imagined so much non-contact action. To me, six motor and/or shifting drives do not seem beneficial at all. I wish I could have predicted this right after kickoff, I imagined double-teaming strategies and everything.

It is disappointing because the teams that strive to create a magnificent drive system are not rewarded because they are not being challenged by other robots in the match. Everyone does their own scoring in their own area and little is done to keep others from scoring.

Some teams strive for maginificence and succeed, but in the end, it does not feel worth it.