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PUSH to Simplify the Game for 2002 ***Attention FIRST ***
Posted by Andy Baker at 04/19/2001 11:31 AM EST


Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.



Now is the time that we all need to give FIRST suggestions about what was good and bad with last year's game. I had a list of about 5-6 main issues that I wanted to discuss with you guys and gals, but I'm tearing it up and making the list only of 1 issue. This issue is so big that it overrides all of the other issue, in my opinion.

Make the game media-friendly and spectator-friendly. Make the game easy to understand, so it will be played on TV.

I am willing to deal with any other rule that makes things hard on teams (SPI limitations, not knowing who is in your match until 2 minutes before you start, 4 team alliances, etc.). Those things are trivial compared to the fact that the game simply has to be easy to understand.

There are two main ways to make the game simple to understand:
1. Dumb-down the game and make the scoring simple and easy enough that a 6 year-old can understand it... possibly more like Robotica.
2. Make the game similar to a sports game that we all know. I think that basketball would be cool... a difficult challenge, and some complex rules (3 seconds, goal tending, etc.), but PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME. We wouldn't have to spend 10 minutes explaining how multipliers work. We can even go Bowling... I really don't care what the game is... it's just gotta be easy to understand.

If the rest of you agree with me, maybe we should call this our "PRIVE DIRECTIVE" for the 2002 season: To make the game understandable for the mass media.

Like I said, now is the time to voice your opinions... we gotta come together on this. If we continue to nit-pick over the little issues, then this BIG one will once again be passed over. We all should be willing to make some major sacrifices as long as we get this issue through to FIRST.

A few of you have harped on this issue before, I am not the first.... but I'm asking for us to come together on this issue and really push FIRST to do this for 2002.

So, whaddy think? Are you with me?

Andy B.


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