Thread: FIRST Wish List
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Unread 09-05-2005, 08:19
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Re: FIRST Wish List

I just wanted to say something about the real time scoring idea that was brought up.

My very first year of FIRST, 1995, Ramp and Roll had real time scoring.
There were 3 bots on the field and you had your choice of 2' or 3' ball to pass thru a set of uprights at the top of a ramp. The good teams snagged the ball quickly and planted themselves and just translated back and forth for 2 minutes racking up points.
The field was much smaller and there was only 1 goal. And only 3 robots. I couldn't even imagine trying to keep track of that for 6 robots. It would be too complicated and lead to too many possible disputes.

While I like the idea I think FIRST in general has grown too complicated to be able to implement such a scoring design.