Worst Scoring System in Years

[Eugene]

Will:

So you are saying that we should favor the attractiveness to spectators over fairness?

Eugene

[Will Hanashiro]

Originally Posted by Eugene

Will:

So you are saying that we should favor the attractiveness to spectators over fairness?

Eugene

well, i guess what i'm trying to say is that this system is both fair and spectator friendly. if you win, then your ranked higher, and if you lose, your ranking drops. its as simple as that.

in no way am i saying that this system is perfect, just that its one of the better FIRST systems. i'm sure that we will be able to find flaws in whatever scoring systems FIRST comes up with in the future, and the "perfect" system will be hard to develope.

overall, i feel that this is a very good scoring system, and it is both fair and spectator friendly.

[P.J. Baker]

Originally Posted by Eugene

Will:

So you are saying that we should favor the attractiveness to spectators over fairness?

Eugene

For reasons stated by others above, I too think that this is the best scoring system in years.

As far as fairness is concerned, the scoring system is fair because every team had the opportunity design their robot and strategy around it. I could only really view it as unfair if they changed it mid way through the build season in a way that would make some designs and strategies much better than others.