Limiting the Strategy of the Game

[Andy Grady]

One thing that I have thought of in recent weeks is the effect that autonomous mode has on strategy in the game this year. In previous years, the main focus of strategy was the opening move, which is what gave you the edge in a round on many occasions. This year, however, is quite different. To me, Autonomous Period takes away from a very important and very fun aspect of the game, which used to be the strategy for the opening move in a round. Now teams will be limited to what their programmers could accomplish before and during competition time. Many rookie teams who do not have experienced members who might know the Basic programming language will be hurting in this area especially. Of course, I cannot make full judgment on how it will really turn out until after the year is over, but this is certainly a concern which may have to be addressed at the end of the year.

I am curious to see what everyone else thinks on this issue.

Good Luck All!
-Andy Grady