With all this talk about fairness...

[Ken Leung]

Originally posted by p373R L1a0
well i still dont understand the REASON that they would make it so that there is no third round! is it so that they can save time or something? someone please explain i for one feel that it would save a whole lot of trouble just to make it a three round thing again

If you look at the past when they did 2 win out of 3, it always happen this way:

Robot 1 and 2 win match 1
Robot 1 and 3 lose match 2
Robot 1 and 2 win match 3

Best robot: #1 play 3 times
2nd best: #2 play 2 times
last partner: #3 play once.

As long as you have 1 good pair, you will pretty much win the game without needing your 3rd partner to be as competitive as you other partners.

This year, you have to play two games, and even with a best robot, you have to play like so:

Robot 1 and 2
Robot 1 and 3

This force you to have a strong overall alliance that will do well no matter which two robots you have out in the field. Or else, you risk having your weaker pair lose a match, and risk losing the whole round.