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Originally Posted by Jeremiah Johnson
I attended the Midwest Regional this year and I can say that I was not surprised by the results. I am, however, surprised by three things:
- The game is VERY boring and anti-climatic.
- The matches are determined by penalties more often than not.
- A team can get selected because of their reputation to build amazing robots in the past. (Someone from 16 or 1625, please explain to me why you selected us [648]? I'm grateful that you did, but it's perplexing.)
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As for the first point I can't disagree more. I can't recall a game where the audience rose to their feet more often. Every time a ball went over, the roar of the audience at BAE was obvious from the field. Autonomous was essentially a mass of cheering. This is without a doubt the most exciting game I have seen in my 5 years of FRC. BAE's elimination bracket was very even, we had a tie in BOTH semifinals. Balls went up, balls came down it was without a doubt amazing. We were picked by the 7th seed, and won our first match against the 2nd, and the only time I have ever felt more adrenaline during a match was when we won BAE in 2006.
I LOVE OVERDRIVE!
Seriously, this game is amazing. The game presented just the right balance of challenge and difficulty, and teams rose to the challenge, and clearly kicked it into overdrive. This year definitely took the cake for general robot goodness.
Second point, I can't disagree, but I don't really agree. Penalties are huge, but they are avoidable. Teams just need to get better at avoiding them. Come ATL, it'll be smart teams will scout for those who don't get them.
Third point, kinda in a way, yes. In my experience, there's always a deal of politicking that goes on during the draft. I don't know your particular regional, but perhaps you had the most experienced drive team left, and they felt that was important to a good run?