Week 2 Regionals: Veterans Still Have No Advantage

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Originally Posted by Jim Schaddelee

why limit someone creativity. How cool would it be if a team score a entire row in autonomous or the rules allowed for more than placing a tube, drop a ramp or climb a ramp.

The same thing could be argued for any rule. Isn't a weight limit stifling creativity? I could build a really awesome robot if I didn't have to worry as much about weight.
Rules don't limit creativity, they channel it in different directions. In this game, the rules reward a creatively and effectively designed mechanism, rather than a creative way around the way most people play.
Only holding one ringer is part of the game, like not using your hands in soccer, and not traveling in basketball.

Originally Posted by Jim Schaddelee

First is about inspiration. If a team uses a 4link or sliding elevator is that inspiring?

I would be inspired if a team can manage to score all of their team's ringers in one match.
This year, awe-inspiring moments like that will most likely come from the drivers and coaches. That's not to say robots can't be inspiring. I'm impressed by the lifter robots that can manage to lift 2 robots, and also by the really effective scoring robots.