Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Mike Betts
My observations:
1. When I closed my eyes, the sounds of the competition robots were incredibly reminiscent of a bumper car ride at an amusement park.
|
Even with your eyes opened, it was reminiscent of a bumper car ride. Especially in autonomous.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Mike Betts
2. Scoring was virtually impossible to determine from the stands. I know some veteran numerologists who have amazed me in previous years with their ability to tell the score during a complicated game and even they were baffled.
|
Even when the field issues caused 10 minutes of non-action, I couldn't tell the score after a walk around the field and trying to count the balls. The stack up of balls inside the goals are too random so 9 balls could look nearly the same as 15 balls.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Mike Betts
3. A subtle rule penalty was assessed in at least one game which, to me, was questionable based on the rules. If a empty cell is placed in exchange for a super cell by a payload specialist, only that specific super cell which is adjacent to the empty cell can be placed into play.
|
Definitely an odd rule to me. It seems the empty cell/super cell count is 100% obvious since you have to hang an empty cell.
Additionally, I don't understand why they would assess the "double the points, subtract a ball" rule in the Elimination Rounds??? This would suggest that if we beat the Number 3 Alliance 100-50 in our semis that we would have to give up a ball in the Finals against the Number 1 Alliance??? That would be ridiculous. I would have expected any of those rules to be gone for the Elimination Rounds.
Quote:
|
4. As expected, it is almost guaranteed that alliances with a no-show robot will lose the match.
|
Definitely a challenge, but I'm thinking that if it was your team and our team as the duo, we might have had a better than even chance.
Quote:
|
5. Unless penalties were being discussed, field reset occurred immediately after a match was over. I never saw an official count the cells in any trailer. As such, I did wonder about the accuracy of the scores in many matches.
|
Did they have manual scorers in the end?
Fred <~~~ good to see you guys again, Mike