I must say, I rather like the way the game will go as teams with simpler robots may very well be better off than those with more complicated robots only from the strategic concepts of the game. I also think it may pull out some of the most innovative ways to sidestep some of the obstacles. I'm not so fond of some of the coopertition rules (what happened to being able to being understood by humans?) but it does throw in a bit more strategy to it.
Oh, and as a fan of pinball, I rather like the rails as the way to reintroduce the balls to the field.
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The board is a mirror of the mind of the players as the moments pass. When a master studies the record of a game he can tell at what point greed overtook the pupil, when he became tired, when he fell into stupidity, and when the maid came by with tea.
- Anonymous Go player