[Lil' Lavery]

I have to just chip in a couple points about the earlier discussion involving defense.

I don't like overly defensive games, they tend to be boring, but defense has a definite role in FIRST, in my opinion. It's a very very large part of what separates FRC from just being an "engineering competition," "race," or "skills contest."

Secondly, where do you draw the line between "defense" and "strategy?" Is pinning a robot to aid your alliance partner's scoring effort defense? Is reserving your balls until the end of the match to ensure the other team doesn't get additional ammo defense? Is swerving your trailer out of the way of your opponent's best scoring machine defense?


As for rankings, the only real solution is to play more matches. How you accomplish that has been debated and contemplated for years, but no clear solution has emerged.