Rule Changes at off season competitions

[AmyPrib]

Wow, and I thought this game already had enough things going on with tasks, rules, objectives, and penalties!!

I personally don't think I'd change much with the game itself.
I think many teams like to take a little break from robot stuff. I wouldn't think it right to change game tasks that may require robot redesigns just to be successful or to gain an advantage in an off-season event. And there may be many teams out there just trying to improve their robot for the game as-is.

Currently, you only have to get 4 extra balls in the goal (you start with 6) to match one hanging robot, and that doesn't even include a 2x ball. 2 hangers can be easy to beat. I think the game did a good job on that type of strategy - "choose how to score". It's pretty balanced.. anyone is beatable with the right strategy.

My opinion would be to limit changes to ones that don't have a relatively large impact to existing robot designs, such as certain game rules, or scoring/ranking system, weight etc. I think the scoring and ranking system went over really well too, so I can't even suggest changing that!!