FRC Blog - How We’re Doing and FIRST Babies

[Aren Siekmeier]

Originally Posted by Madison

I did not respond to this survey for either of events because I didn't have the time necessary to properly and fairly communicate all of the things that I dislike about this game.

Whether or not people realize it's a mess has no bearing on whether or not it is actually a mess. Fundamentally, it plays poorly, the referees do a poor job of officiating it and the field is broken. FIRST should strive to achieve better than that, irrespective of whether or not people think they're doing a good job.

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I actually just earlier today filed a survey in which I rated the game "Good" simply because I like the concept and focus on teamwork. However, the rest of my survey was dedicated to discussing all of the issues, which I happen to see as less inherent to the game design than some, such as refereeing inconsistency, as well as some particularly contentious issues at our own event.

So it'd be nice if FIRST gave a little broader sample of data to inform us of the feedback, rather than show a little preview to calm things down.