[waialua359]

As fast as teams that just race around the track are, I thought they had very little impact in the playoffs. Teams that advance in the playoffs were no slouches and the constant hurdling and great auto/hybrid play is what made them successful in advancing.
In other words, a team that could hurdle (scoring 10 points) while crossing underneath the overpass did it much faster than a robot circling around the track 5 times to match it.
It seemed to be more effective on practice day and some matches during qualifying since robots were trying to get their functions to work and qualifying is a random matchup. But as teams pick others during elimination brackets, that's not the case.
No question, they were very fun to watch and the driver's must be having a blast doing it, but the point awarding for such a play is too little.