Boring Game

[Chris Hibner]

Originally Posted by Valley Raider

From a distance most of the robots look the same, i found the numbers on the bumpers harder to read than in past years, making recognizing teams really hard, and the ranking system made the scores of the match meaningless.

My conclusion was that this year game is just boring. I don't see two robots going at it, fighting to hang a ringer on the rack to double the alliance score at the last second to win. Thats what makes FIRST exciting.

So my question is, do people who watch the game live think it is exciting? Are there really cool designs across the board or are them really mostly the same? Is this year game just boring, or is it just the web casts?

After Friday at Kettering, I was starting to think that this game was a dud. A LOT of matches ended 2-1 or 3-2 and the game play was pretty ugly. I was starting to be disappointed. That all changed on Saturday, especially in the eliminations. After eliminations on Saturday, I started thinking that this might be one of the best games FIRST has come up with. My opinion might change as the year goes on, but as the robots get better, this game improves drastically.

As far as the bumpers go, the numbers can be a bit hard to read, I suppose. However, the color-coded bumpers is a HUGE improvement for watchability of the game.