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Originally Posted by jman4747
1st 2013
2nd 2014
3rd 2015,2012 tie
That's how interesting those matches were in order, and I was getting into the 2015 one more (probably because were playing it now). My point is an outsider looking at any match here wouldn't decide to get into STEM by virtue of the match alone. I think the better way to illustrate this is to imagine watching week one match one of 2014 and Einstein finals vs week one match one of 2015 and finals at Ontario this year. The relative reaction would be the same. A good 2015 match can be as good as a good 2012-13-14 match. If the robots are all doing really good bystanders can tell and will react accordingly. If the match ends with a few stray totes here and there it can be confusing as to what they were trying to do. If 1114 comes in and cleans up the field you will have a good example of both the objective and how it can be accomplished.
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An important difference between 2014 and 2015: Many fewer teams can compete at the same level as 1114 this year vs. last year. The proof is in the distribution of the OPRs. The OPRs are much more skewed this year than in the past. That reflects the increases technical difficulty. It also makes for a much less competitive game. Lack of true competition eventually turns off spectators. Ask both golf (Woods) and track & field (Bolt).