What is missing from this years game?

[Mr. Van]

In a word. Nothing.

This is a great game. If we want to knit-pnick, we could use an additional task to provide scoring... like creating a stack of tetras on the ground or something like that, but all in all, Triple Play stands very well on its own.

One thing that is missing from last year is the 10, 20, 30 (or even greater) seconds at the end of the match with robots hanging around and time simply ticking away. What is also missing from previous year's games is the element that scores so high (or multiplies the score) that once it is accomplished, the opposing alliance might as well shut down.

As far as "audience off the street" goes, we all know that FIRST must do a much better job at getting people to go to the event at all... Having said that, Triple Play is really easy to follow. Tell people to look for the rows. Rows win the game. At the end of the round, count the tetras & count the rows - you'll have a good idea who wins. Once you realize that high scores are in the rows, the game is very exciting.

BTW, none of the "popular sports" games (football, etc.) have a "big finish". They are all "everyone doing the same thing over and over".

To the Game Design Team: Thank you for Triple Play!

-Mr. Van
Coach, 599
(Game Announcer at PNWR)