Buyers' remorse / Pig in a poke

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

This is certainly possible at events this year, but in many cases, that involves taking away their auto balls, pulling the circuit breakers that control their catapults/shooters, zip-tying some protruding appendages into place, zip-tying their human players' hands behind their backs, and telling them to drive to the inbound station and sit there the whole match with their intake constantly spinning in reverse.

Is that more inspiring to those teams than a game where they could simply do what their robot was designed to do without the risk of dragging down their partners?

I'm kind of disappointed this seems to have gotten lost in the thread. Beyond the technical issues (pedestal, slow ref touch screens, confusing defense rules, weird interpretations of possession at some events, overpowered fouls, etc), this is the real beef I have with this game.

OP, if you really feel like FRC was a waste of money this year, there's no reason for you to of continue to compete next year. Not that I like the game, but I don't think it was so terrible we won't register next year.