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Unread 06-01-2009, 18:43
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Re: Team Update #1
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Originally Posted by Andrew Schuetze View Post
I think what is troublesome to many veterans is that FIRST has always allowed some form of defense. Even last year when the object was to race around with trackballs and hurdle. Bonus points were earned for putting it back up at the end of the match. If played under this year's rules, once a trackball is up on the over-head it can't be knocked off.

So we have robot's towing trailers avoiding shots from human players on a surface that doesn't lend itself to control and rapid acceleration or changes in direction. Robots are limited to offense only. The only defense is backing yourself into a corner.
IMHO a lack of balance in game design.
No worries. Last I checked the Mars Rovers don't play any defense either and that's pretty cool stuff
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