After three events this year and four years of FIRST, here's my two cents:
1. There was way too much subjectivity in this years game which we knew would create problems (ie was it interferring
enough to affect a hurdle??)
2. There was no consistancy in the way it was called. How many bots fell over obviously over the 80-inch rule and were never called?
3. Even though ref's were supposed to be trained we still got three different definitions (one at each event) of what a robot had to do in order to be protected while hurdling. Most disturbing was an entire crew that didn't know how to score the game correctly as witnessed in the SVR finals that went to four matches.
4. The Finals this year went WAY too long in Atlanta...I know bots need time to get back in shape but we started with only 3 matches in one in a half hours! Half hour between matches....cmon...less talk please, please!
5. I agree on the harsh negative value placed on teams this year and the lack of notifying teams that a penalty had occured until after a match. I think I saw a team hit their partner's E-stop to shut them down before they could get more penalties and lose it for their alliance. We had one match where our partners accumulated 40 points in penalties to wipe out a convincing 70-50 win. 3 were on one team for driving backwards, barely, over a line. It seemed silly to make it worth so many negative points.
We had many many positives this year but this thread is to comment on the negative so I'll end on that negative note.....
