Lunacy Review

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by squirrel

Perhaps a different take on some points?
4. The double/triple score rule encouraged us to build a robot that could score so well that we could win matches without needing supercells.

People have been quick and brutal in complaining about <G14>. This shows that it is NOT a penalty, NOT a way to punish teams for doing "too well," it's merely another way to incorporate different strategies into the game and push people beyond their comfort zones (it accomplished that last one very well!).


So I say to the GDC: Kudos for <G14>, thank you for the challenge, thank you for sticking with it in the face of severe backlash, and thanks for not doing it again next year.

(I expect CAGE Match will do away with <G14> - not for any philosophical reasons, but simply to make the event more streamlined and accessible.)

[Herodotus]

Originally Posted by Taylor

People have been quick and brutal in complaining about <G14>. This shows that it is NOT a penalty, NOT a way to punish teams for doing "too well," it's merely another way to incorporate different strategies into the game and push people beyond their comfort zones (it accomplished that last one very well!).


So I say to the GDC: Kudos for <G14>, thank you for the challenge, thank you for sticking with it in the face of severe backlash, and thanks for not doing it again next year.

I'm missing the logic. Because people hated it it couldn't possibly be a penalty? It's a good rule because people hated it? And you are certainly correct that it pushed people out of their comfort zones. FIRST isn't all about the robots, but what happens on the field is still a competition. Being worried about doing too well in a competition is absolutely ridiculous. All teams should always put their %100 into a match, and shouldn't be penalized for doing so. Being penalized for having a good robot is out of my comfort zone.