Lessons learned 2005: The positive

[Shu Song]

Originally Posted by Liz C

Basically, I just liked the game: It was innovatively challenging, which created an adrenaline boost before each and every match, even when we were just watching. Each detail to the game presented an intricate, yet obviously feasible task. Whether we liked it or not, we were forced to think on our feet like never before, which seemed to be the intention of FIRST. So kudos to them!

ditto.
This year's gamewas really the first that involved a lot of strategy. Since there was basically only one way to score, every robot was a capper. Naturally, the only way to gain an upper hand is to have a strategy that is better than the opponents. As a coach, this finally gave me something to do. It's not ok, just heard some balls and at 30 secs left go hang, I had to direct the drive team its next goal to cap, and capping the wrong one could result in the losing the match. I really liked how first brought real strategy into the game this year.