[Lil' Lavery]

The intent of this thread was not really for clarification and questions about the rules, but really for commentary about the rules themselves. Each year there are always a few rules that are remarkable changes. The change in the draft system last year, the switch to 3v3 in 2005, the introduction of autonomous in 2003, the 4v0 scheme in 2001, the creation of alliances in 2000, etc. Even large changes to the gameplay and large variances from FIRST trends may be worthy of posting (such as not only allowing, but encouraging, projectiles in 2006).
There always seem to be a couple rules that bubble up every year, and this thread is for the discussion of those rules. But there is validity to what was posted, please know the rules before discussing them.