[tennispro9911]

I think that FLR final was extremely exciting.

20, 191, 2053 (red) vs 1126, 378, 1551 (blue) for the first match: 80-68.

Then 191's arm completely broke off. A replacement robot was needed. 174 was brought in but red lost the second match 50-68. Then red won the final match 66-60 with a penalty deciding the match.

You may look at the lower scores than some regional finals and scoff at the lower quality of play but that was largely due to great defense. 1126, 378, 1551 had played 5 matches before the finals. They averaged 81.2 points per match and only once scored below 74 points and only twice below 82 points. They were held to 68, 68, 60 points in the finals.

Offense is great to watch but its even more exciting when you add a defensive element to it, so that it involves more strategy than just lets try to get as many hurdles as possible. Notice when people are praising the SD regional, they call it a great match between 4 hurdlers. FLR wasn't between 4 robots, it was between 7 robots (including the replacement).