[Justin Montois]

I've read this entire thread and I can see the points people are trying to make and i'm still on the side of "Both rule changes are pretty poor decisions"

The minibot challenge has been greatly diminished. I see a similar thing happening anyway though, whether you had 3 minibots that can all make it under a second and it come down to whoever can hit the button the fastest or it takes all the minibots about 6 seconds and it comes down to whoever can hit the button the fastest. Same challenge, I just would have really liked to see the minibot mechanisms that launch these things.

The 60" to 84" is a mind blower. I have a hard time believing that it was a typo, so even though they have been working on this game since June, all of a sudden a few days into build season 60 jumps to 84....Seems strange. I see the successful teams in 2007 being successful again. Yes I know the bumper rules are different but When you already know your mechanism and arm, tweaking it to fit around the bumper isn't really a challenge at all.

This game went from being a potential favorite to a potential disaster. I say potential because I withhold final judgement until I see it on Einstein. The way these games are meant to be played.