Official FIRST Stronghold Teaser!

[orangemoore]

Originally Posted by Aur0r4

"No interaction" wasn't a mistake.....I think that's a permanent change.

Their constant push towards Fairness (tm) in penalizing defensive play came to a head in Aerial Assist and caused quite a stir in the FRC community...and FIRST promised to address the issue.

Did they take a chill pill on penalties? Noooo....

Competitive interaction was nixed. I may be wrong, but I don't think its coming back. Synthetic fairness is better than genuine competition.

Why would we need bumpers next year if no interaction was permanent?

[Aur0r4]

Originally Posted by orangemoore

Why would we need bumpers next year if no interaction was permanent?

I'm sure there will be interaction...the question is competitive interaction. I.e. alliance robots playing defensively as well as offensively against each other.

I said I could be wrong, but given the format of all other FIRST leagues and the consertnation over FIRST's aggressive defensive penalty trend, I can see them designing competitive interaction out of FRC as a long term trend.