What will FRC 2016 Stronghold be remembered by?

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by Cory

TSIMFD!!!!

#tsimfd

[IronicDeadBird]

The biggest thing I think I will always remember about this year is that it made it clear that the GDC hears a lot.

[MikLast]

NSFW obliviously, but Will.I.Am being Will

[indubitably]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

#tsimfd

#OMFGRobots

Originally Posted by natejo99

The "Carver Curse" was broken.

We learned the real Curie curse was once you win champs as a Curie team, mysterious forces will prevent you from making Einstein ever again...

[Steve Compton]

Unremarkable high scores in elims in light of relatively low to no defense.

[GKrotkov]

Originally Posted by Steve Compton

Unremarkable high scores in elims in light of relatively low to no defense.

This is a key point condensed a bunch. Many alliances made it too easy to pilfer out of thier secret passage, or committed to a triple cycler offense when it was neither needed for the capture nor beneficial in the light of the strength of the opposing alliance.

[MARS_James]

Originally Posted by indubitably

#OMFGRobots



We learned the real Curie curse was once you win champs as a Curie team, mysterious forces will prevent you from making Einstein ever again...

That mysterious force has a name it is called gravity

[jojoguy10]

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by jojoguy10

Red cards were a bigger deal in 2013 in Ultimate Ascent. And 2014 had 50 point penalties that were basically red card equivalents. This year was mild in comparison.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

Red cards were a bigger deal in 2013 in Ultimate Ascent. And 2014 had 50 point penalties that were basically red card equivalents. This year was mild in comparison.

Can't ever forget the legendary pillar of FRC Game Design: the double red card in Logomotion.

[Roboshant]

I think the reason that we are focusing so much on fouls, is the fact that they were so influential in the outcome of champs.

[mjc49]

For me, there are a lot of highlights which I think this year will be remembered by. I'm so grateful to have been in the stands to watch 330's remarkable semifinal performance and share in the energy of that moment. Also Will i Am and a Finals tiebreaker decided by a single penalty (please change the first tie breaker to something not subjective).

Personally I will also remember being inspired when I felt burned out. I was inspired by my team who managed to repair a robot that was beat up and along with our alliance partners 2823, 3130 and 2415, take 2056, 1690, 3015 & 1405 to a tie-breaker on Tesla during Semi's.

[PatEhrgott]

For me, it will be remebered as the year I undoubtedly fell in love with robots. This is my sophomore year, so my first year with 708 was Recyle Rush which wasn't exactly the most exciting thing for newcomers.

This yeas was 708's most successful year and I'm proud to say I helped make it happen. Being involved from the design group, to manufactuting, and ultimately being the robots operator made the experience unique and I'll be forever greatful to my team for that. Being a finalist on Newton helped elevate the experience, despite going out.

Say what you will about red cards and field faults, but Will. I. Am. said it best. #tsimfd

[Pault]

Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

Red cards were a bigger deal in 2013 in Ultimate Ascent. And 2014 had 50 point penalties that were basically red card equivalents. This year was mild in comparison.

In addition, regular penalties felt very fair this year. I found that the 5 points was usually just enough to compensate an alliance for the points they could have scored if the opposing alliance didn't commit that foul, plus a little extra to discourage teams from pushing the boundaries of committng a foul.