It is quite a disappointment to see the state of autonomous mode this year. Most teams stayed away from it and for the teams that did, the reward of successfully hanging a tube, through all these obstacles, just isn't that great.
For our team, we spent hours perfecting autonomous mode. We were a little disappointed when we watched some of the regionals and saw how little it meant and how few teams tried it.
I think a successfully hanged tube during autonomous should have its score weighted. Maybe have the tube worth 10-20 points. Besides the points, its a real reward seeing your robot go by itself and hang a tube with 5 other motionless bots.
Another problem I have with this year's game is the ramp scoring. Some of you mentioned it above. The scoring for the ramp is just crazy. Bascially this game comes down to robots getting on the ramp at the end. If both teams do get robots on their team's ramp, the rack helps push one team into winning.
Due to some of the problems in this year's game, watching it is a bit anticlimactic. Its often easy to predict who is going to win by seeing who has the better ramp-bot. I'm not saying the game is boring, because I can't wait to get out there and compete. Hopefully next year's game won't have the flaws in this year's game.