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Posted by soap108 at 04/29/2001 12:04 AM EST


Engineer on team #108, SigmaC@T, from Dillard & Taravella HS and Motorola.


In Reply to: My opinion...
Posted by Joe Johnson on 04/28/2001 9:33 AM EST:



True.

Based on how I've observed the evolution of the rules (especially since I started in 95) I suspect 4v0 will stay for another year. It did get exciting in the finals. Hey, weren't the elim's head2head...sort of...?

Also, doing the scoring in one's head really wasn't that bad except for figuring 1.5 and 2.5 multipliers.
The 10% wasn't too bad either. I suspect only integer multipliers in future...and maybe only 5 and 10 point objectives too. 37 times 2.5 is a little hard to do off the top of your head, although what's wrong with a little thinking...to me that's part of what makes FIRST FIRST.

some food 4 thought,
KA - 108


: Dean is going to do what he wants to do.

: From a few statements he made at various regionals, I
: am guessing that Dean believes that this year's
: non-competition format was a great success, though one
: that needs some slight tweaking to improve here and
: there.

: Listening to his comments and reading between the
: lines, I suppose that he already has some ideas that
: he thinks can address what he perceives were this year's
: shortcomings without going back to the head to head
: competition format.

: I am skeptical, but if there is anyone who can pull it
: off, it is Dean (and the FIRST community).

: Joe J.