2016 IRI - Rule Changes and Reasoning

[Collin Fultz]

Originally Posted by GKrotkov

Perhaps I misinterpreting what Mr. Fultz said: "the drawbridge was ignored by most teams"? I thought that it meant that teams didn't select it much, but I could see how it could mean that teams didn't cross it much.

It's both. At Champs, both in Qual and Playoff Matches, the Sally Port was used in 86% of matches. The Drawbridge was crossed in 7% of matches where it was used.*

This, added with the reduction in visibility (and impact to game play) that others have mentioned, were the main drivers.

*All data pulled from The Blue Alliance Insights page for each field. A huge thanks to the crew that manage that site and to FIRST for making the data available this year!