[Steve Ketron]

[quote=cbale2000;630688]One Question regarding the ROE, is the extra bonus for Keepers really necessary? It would tend to give an alliance with a robot capable of autonomous a major advantage wouldn't it?
I mean, had it been part of the game rules it wouldn't have been a big deal because teams could have planned for it and put extra effort into an auton mode, but doing it after the season only insures that teams that already have the capability will get an added advantage that they probably don't even need (the teams that do have working autons tend to be really good already).


At the events that my team went to very few teams had the capability to score in auton mode. Several off season events are giving extra points for auton mode because they feel that not enough play was put into this part of the game. IRI is giving 15 points for bonus. I do not believe it should be given that many points but it should be given some. This is also some incintive for teams to do some summer projects. My teams robot is a stright defensive/ramp bot and we currently are gaining no extra value out of this rule. Because we are going to IRI and other offseason events, some of my build team is trying to find a way to add an auton mode. I really believe this is an excellent off season project for the young members of a team.