[dtengineering]

I like the idea.

I like the idea that teams should focus on building robots that play the game well, rather than robots that prevent other teams from playing the game well. I like the idea that there is no honour in "blowing out" weak opponents. I like the idea that students have to work together to develop a strategy that is good for everyone. These are all good ideas.

But I don't think this scoring system is a good way to achieve them.

I'm sufficiently open-minded to give the system a try before reaching a final opinion on the system, but I think it has some serious weaknesses from a practical point of view. The goals of the qualifying rounds are now just too far removed from the goals of the elmination rounds.

Jason