On Rules, Referees, and Rewards (aka Penalties)

[RyanMcE]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

I think in the best of all possible worlds, FIRST would design a game where penalties just aren't necessary by the very nature of the game. Or atleast where random 30 point insta-lose penalties aren't necessary.

I actually really like that idea. The only problem that I foresee is designing such a game that isn't battle bots. I mean, 2001 was interesting to me, but not too many people around here seem to have liked it, so we probably will never see something like that again.

Maybe somebody has some good ideas on how a game could be designed that is competitive but doesn't need penalties? Because I can't think of how to do that yet. But I do like the idea, Kevin.