Week 1 Observations

[mrnoble]

I've seen a lot of games since 2004. This one is a very interesting technical challenge for my team, and I like the solutions they came up with a lot, though they don't really approach 148, 624, et al. I look forward to our chance to be on the field in Utah week three. Still, I don't think this game is going to be as much fun to watch as 2013 or 2014, even as the weeks go by and teams dial in their strategies. I speculate that the nature of the game was driven by:

1. a reaction against last year's heavy defense
2. a reaction against the sense in the community that FRC meant "sport" only (which I know I've contributed to)
3. a desire to give the new RoboRio and peripherals a low speed test run

I'm still optimistic, but I also am one of those that liked Lunacy, so...