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Originally Posted by Siri
At PARC XII, we voted to place one super cell in the middle of the field at the beginning of each match, in addition to those at the alliance stations. To me, this was the best of both worlds. Autonomous was much more interesting (there was actually a goal besides avoiding human players), and it made starting in the center position more beneficial. It also gave robots more of an opportunity to score a super cell and added interest and peril throughout the match, while still keeping the major super cell threat in the last 20 seconds. It creates an interesting strategy element by making running empty cells more important to the alliance that's scored on. Highly recommended, though you may want to measure and mark where exactly on the field it goes to preclude later discussions.
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I liked the supercell in the middle; it made for some intense races to move three feet. Plus it was hilarious watching the robots continue to drive forward as per their autonomous code, despite the other robot doing the exact same thing in the opposite direction. Probably the funniest was CHASS's bot vs. CHASS's other bot. Or else 2753 versus anything, only because of how fast and powerful they were.
I always like the serpentine draft; it makes the alliances much more equal. If Regionals ever did 1-8 1-8, I would lose all hope for FIRST since it would kill all hope of the lower seeds getting anywhere in the games and goes against the fairness and equal opportunity FIRST promotes. I hope serpentine keeps staying.