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Originally Posted by Radical Pi
I'd prefer finale turning into a blind mode instead of autonomous. Perhaps 2x points for finale scores with camera only?
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Well, as cool of an idea as that sounds, I think there are some downsides to a blind mode, and the autonomous (for some teams) may be more eventful (good or bad), and because of that, its always stayed. For instance, at this year's Philly Regional, after our first semi-final match, and a timeout due to some issues, we did not top off our pneumatics system, and because of that, during autonomous, we did not score (1 ball scored from the far zone in most attempts), and the game came down to a 8-7 loss for us, and we were eliminated. The autonomous is a big portion of the game, getting rid of it would make teams more reliant on their drivers, and the programmers whom spend time making a autonomous, lose the opportunity to show what they can do in the with code, and only code.
So I don't exactly hate on the idea of a blind finale instead of an autonomous, but this blind period, although something some teams may be already used to, may be a fear to other teams. It would definitely be a challenge if ever put in a game, but also, it would be a portion were some teams may just forget about. I overall think that an autonomous period is very important, and also shows the ability of a robot on its own. Today's real world is more about creating autonomous robots on their own, not people with cameras attached to robots standing 50ft away.
And as of next year's game, can anyone think of any big leaps in man-kind that have happened 5, 10, 15, 20... years ago, think about Lunacy and the Moon landing.