Going back to some of the earlier ideas about difficulty and rookie vs. veteran, I think that the competitions should have opportunities and challenges for all levels of experience. The ideal game (hypothetically speaking) would have a field that a rookie team with a provided drive train could move around on and score a respectable amount of points, as long as they put a bunch of effort into their robot. The field would also have a more challenging section/obstacle that could give a lot of points and would be seen as a challenge to the veteran teams. This way, all teams could be challenged, and rookies would have a decent chance of doing well.
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