A plead to FIRST, anyone else agree?

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Originally Posted by adriaf

I am also a 4 year member of an FRC team, and yes, this year's game is somewhat poorly organized. Within 5 years, the same concept of the two games (rack and roll, logomotion) were brought up. Only 5 years. It just seems too close. And quite unfair to those teams who started in 08 (like us) compared to those who were here before 07. Breakaway and Overdrive were, hands down, one of the best games. It was incredibly well organized, well thought of, the ratio of points to penalties. I thought FIRST would come up with something better this year since it is the 20th anniversary. I'm wondering if the movie directors (the ones from the GDC last year) helped with this years game. I heard one was from Cirque du Soleil.

I totally agree with your point about the games, and I would go slightly further to say that Lunacy was a better game as well. The game is simple: put orbit balls in your opponents' trailers and defend your own trailer.

As for logomotion, the moment they brought out the tubes, I just about cried... tubes are difficult to handle, not all that durable, and in all honesty, what fun is there in playing with an inflated tube (without water)?

OP: I would also agree that the true message is getting repeated far too often, but also that the message is straying from what it was when I was a freshman. It seems less focused on innovating, competing and learning and more focused on expanding FIRST... and to be honest, it seems to me like FIRST is playing politics this year more than ever: "don't just say you're on a robotics team, say you're on a FIRST robotics team", the minibot FTC vs. VEX debacle, and the fact that the best way to score points is to make FIRST logos -__-

(btw, my favorite game was Overdrive as well, followed by Breakaway)