Does Aerial Assist achieve the goal?

Originally Posted by nuggetsyl

No this game failed. FIRST keeps forgetting kids want to play the game. They made a game where teams never get the opportunity to shoot the ball because they are not the fastest or most accurate.

As compared to previous games where the weak robots on an alliance are made to play defense, feed their teammates, and are given the minimal amount of scoring objects possible.

Regardless of the game, bad robots aren't going to be asked to be performing integral scoring roles in winning a match. When the common goal of the alliance is winning a match, each team on an alliance must play their part to maximize the chances of winning the match, and for the bad robots this often means playing a non-integral role. This is a characteristic of coopertition, and cannot (and in my opinion should not) be avoided. Is it nice to let the little guy have a swing at doing something? Sure. But when it is risky enough to lose the match for the entire alliance, I believe anyone would agree it's not a safe bet.