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Originally Posted by ShaunT
I simply see no benfit to either rule change. If you look at past rule changes at events like IRI, they often augment existing challenges in the game, not create new ones like the X. Also, the last time they changed autonomous was in 2007 when they added a 15 point bonus for scoring a Keeper. However, this was already the only goal that year, so it was what teams attempted to do throughout build season. It wasn't encouraging or discouraging any other common behavior during autonomous, like how adding a bonus to scoring would discourage loading.
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I think your view of 2007's auto that the only thing to do was score is too simplistic. Like in Lunacy, there was only one way to score, but also like in Lunacy, teams could do things to put themselves in a better position for teleoperated. Teams like 48 would drive to the other side of the rack and get ready to play defense. Teams like 27 would drive out towards the rack to get in position to score right away. Teams like 111 would bring their arm up to get ready to human load.
So, by IRI giving the keeper bonus, they did encourge scoring keepers in auto and thus discourging other behavior. In our 2 regionals and in Atlanta, in auto we drove out, deployed our arm, and got ready to score right away in teleoperated. When we found out about the keeper bonus, we decided to build a whole new system to do a 'drive by scoring'. After missing it twice and having to take time to deploy our arm, we decided to go back to the old auto and scoring right away in tele.
I liked the bonus in 2007 and hope IRI adds a bonus this year, too. While I think its a great strategy, seeing 5 of the 6 teams do human loading isn't the most exciting to watch nor challenging.