Team UPDATE - 2012-04-17

[Joe Ross]

GAME
Championship Bridge Points

There will be no change to the points awarded to Alliances for Robots Balanced on the Bridges for the FIRST Championship, per Rule [G40].

Thank you for a great 2012 season and good luck to all teams headed to the FIRST Championship!

Glad to see no changes to the Bridge Points. Overall, the scoring seems well balanced this year.

[jyh947]

Scoring was very well rounded this year so I am happy that there is no change.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by jyh947

Scoring was very well rounded this year so I am happy that there is no change.

Agreed--now that we've seen all the regionals, I think it's right.

That said, props to the GDC for leaving the door open.

[DampRobot]

I'm also glad that they didn't change the points; they seemed to be well balanced (no pun intended) this year. Too bad they didn't have this rule last year!

[gyroscopeRaptor]

Thanks to the GDC for making the possibility known to us. If they had suddenly said "three robots now equals 50 points" there would be a firestorm, but they thought ahead and kept the possibility open.

[WizenedEE]

For a second I thought they said "There will be no points awarded to Alliances for Robots Balanced on the Bridges for the FIRST Championship, per Rule [G40]." That was scary for a second.

[Andy Grady]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Agreed--now that we've seen all the regionals, I think it's right.

That said, props to the GDC for leaving the door open.

You know, I was very critical of the GDC for a few things this year and in some cases it was warranted, but overall they do need to be commended when things go right too, and it did for quite a few things this year. Between being realistic and keeping the door open to change bridge scores and the new foul point system, things went pretty well with Rebound Rumble. So, kudos on a job well done.

[Alexa Stott]

Originally Posted by Billfred

That said, props to the GDC for leaving the door open.

Agreed! I'm glad they were open to changing things. People have been very critical of them in the past, but I think this year they got a lot of things right! +1 to the GDC!

[J_Miles]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Glad to see no changes to the Bridge Points. Overall, the scoring seems well balanced this year.

That is, towards the end of the season. At the beginning of the season, bridges might have been overvalued, but by the time the MSC and MAR Championships rolled around in week seven, the scoring was good because teams had adjusted and ramped up. I, for one, am glad to hear that this won't change at CMP.

[Richard Wallace]

+1 GDC

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