Team Update 2-19 and FRC Blog - Week 0 Observations and Stop Build Day

[GCentola]

I wasn't exactly sure what to say because most of it has already been explained somewhere so I guess I will say this:

This is frustrating. Making a change this late in the season seems a bit of a smack in the face to many teams who would have made different decisions were these rules in place week 1, but we may find out that it doesn't change much. Teams with the ability to floor-load may have an advantage during some parts of the game, but if you can do both well, it shouldn't be an issue. But as mentioned above, the lack of foresight is almost more frustrating than the rule-change itself - but it happened and the reasoning for doing so makes complete sense. The frisbee blizzard is rather terrifying behind the glass; "the game pieces are not foam balls or inflatable tubes-they are hard plastic discs of death." (thanks for the quote, Leeland)

There are a few posts throughout the thread (Andrew, Karthik, Leeland to name a few) that sum things up very well. In my opinion, the elite teams will always adapt whether or not they are frustrated and this is why they rise to the top every time. No doubt the best teams this year, whether they can floor-load or not, will move on and play a great game. Perhaps this is what we should do as well.