Thread: week 1: Three Things I've Learned
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Re: week 1: Three Things I've Learned
Defense will be a bigger part of this game than most people realize. We saw hints of this at St. Louis. The eliminatio matches where we scored in the 70s was a combination of Hybrid defense and teleoperated ball defense.

I think this game has a little bit for everyone and is more exciting live than over a webcast. The energy at St. Louis was awesome. The average score after Friday's matches was 38.7 (I lost a bet to my broter on this), which was much higher than I expected.

In FIRST, we the teams are responsible for the use of penalties. We find every loophole to try to beat the game. As a result, the most effective method we leave the game design folks to curb behavior is penalties. If FIRST did not attach penalties to undesired behavior, what would happen?

By the way, have you ever watched your favorite sports when two not-so-good teams were playing? borrring.

Also, the more elegantly designed racecars are exceptional to watch. The judges, referees, and crowd favorite was 148. A racecar that is beyond words exceptional. They are extremely hard to stop and are enjoyable to watch. They are elegance in motion.

This is the best week 1 year in a really long time (at least, at St. Louis). Week 5 will be really interesting and the Championship will even be better.

For those of you who have not seen this game live, please wait until you do to pass judgment.
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