A New Age of FRC?

[Wyatt Jordan]

So I know this year's game is completely different from the past two decades of FRC. Obviously one of the huge changes is having the alliances separated by a barrier which they cannot (legally) cross. I was wondering if this will be true for the next several FRC games for several reasons:

1. FIRST re-structured the manual, it is organized very differently from previous manuals and might be a template for future manuals

2. They are using colored carpet to separate the two sides, and FIRST wouldn't order a lot of new carpet for only one year right?

3. Bumpers, or lack there of. I feel like they also wouldn't change this for just one year, and the new team number display cards seem like a permanent change.

With all these big changes I was wondering if we are entering into a new age of FRC games? Do you think all future games will have alliances separated on the field and no defense? We will probably just have to wait and see, but if this is true, I'm glad I'm a senior now and not a freshman, because at least I had 3 really fun FRC games with lots of robot-to-robot struggles. (all-time favorite ultimate ascent)