FIRST could learn from the NHL

[themccannman]

Team's individual points are not counted in any way for ranking so if you gave robots individual points for getting an assist it wouldn't affect the ranking in any way which in turn means that no one would ever pass the ball because they have no reason to do so since their personal score doesn't matter, only alliance score matters.

[Darth Drew]

Originally Posted by themccannman

Team's individual points are not counted in any way for ranking so if you gave robots individual points for getting an assist it wouldn't affect the ranking in any way which in turn means that no one would ever pass the ball because they have no reason to do so since their personal score doesn't matter, only alliance score matters.

I personally don't mind what they did with the assists, but for theoretical purposes…
They could have awarded qualification points for the alliance with the most assists, much like Coopertition points for balancing the center bridge in 2012, this would encourage passing, but not make the scoring as confusing for the audience. Obviously, there would be teams that couldn't pass that benefited from an elite alliance partner, but in the end, the teams that do the passing would have the most coopertition points.