Why does everyone hate this game so much?

[magnets]

The game concept? Great.
Most elimination rounds? Pretty darn exciting.
The implementation? Horrible.

There is no consistency between events and matches. On webcasts, I keep hearing the words "technical foul assessed for entering the frame perimeter of a robot". What rule is that? Honestly, when a technical foul is called, a rule should really be cited.

Also, really subjective words, like "trapping" your opponents ball, "aggressive", "deliberate" (if I don't like you, your robot always "deliberately" did it...) and "high-speed" "ramming" are interpreted differently by everybody. At this point, there is literally no excuse for pedestal delays. It's been 5 weeks since the first issue was reported, and the technology to turn on a light at a certain time should not be too advanced for FIRST. It's a robotics competition. If this huge organization can't figure it out, I'm sure some members of the FIRST community could find a clever solution to turn on the pedestal light, like a light switch

At this point FIRST should also just give up with the assist lights. I'm not sure what they really do, other than stress out the drivers. The assist dots on the webcast change a good 15 seconds before the lights update.