301 points! and could have done more

[TheOtherGuy]

Originally Posted by Dave McLaughlin

Most importantly it seems to me after reading this that the teams goals changed from winning the blue banner to completing the challenge once they felt they had no chance to win the event. The introduction of a goal that became more important than winning the match for those teams competing demonstrates the inherent problem with incentives other than winning the match.

Originally Posted by dodar

Exactly, instead of seeing the F1-1 score and looking towards how to beat them the next match, they moved their attention to just going for that 200pt barrier.

I hate to sound like a broken record, but:

Originally Posted by TheOtherGuy

The blue alliance did BETTER in the second match than in the first.

C'mon, it was a fun challenge that no one had attempted. The $500 was just a deduction from the team's entrance fee next year (and they didn't even get it).