Thread: What's so great about defense?
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My final position
Posted by Kevin Sevcik at 04/22/2001 3:32 AM EST


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In Reply to: Re: What's so great about defense?
Posted by Jason Iannuzzi on 04/20/2001 3:47 PM EST:



Just as a brief comment, I don't think "action-oriented" sports are more popular or exciting simply because they're "action-oriented." If that were the case, rugby or soccer would also be immensely popular here. And football, baseball, and basketball would be popular in europe. No, I think those kinds of sports are popular because they're easier to promote and market, because you have large teams from one city or area. Whereas in the sports I mentioned, only individuals compete.

But anyways, I'm gonna state my final opinion on defense and let things go at that. I'm going to agree with some of these posts that defense does add excitement to the competition and adds interesting design elements... Up to a point. The point where it becomes boring, uninteresting, and distasteful, is when it centers on tipping, pinning, or otherwise completely disabling an opposing robot. Watching a match where one robot is running back and forth, attempting to move around another robot can be exciting. Watching a match where a robot tips another over and probably breaks it, or pins it for 10 seconds, backs off, and then pins it again isn't interesting. Now as soon as you figure out how to bring back 2v2 competition and stop this kind of defense, I'll listen.
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