FIRST Rule Changes

[JohnBoucher]

I appreciate you bringing this topic up. It worthy of discussion. I must say that I take exception to the phrase "game exploit scheme". Isn't having a different solution what all teams want? My elevator pitch to bring outsiders to a regional is that all 60 teams have a common challenge and there are 60 different solutions to that challenge. There are going to be teams that have very unique solutions.
Example: 2004 FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar. There was a 50 point bonus awarded for hanging on the 10' bar at the end of the match. We had one of those "game exploit scheme" ideas of moving back and forth across that bar and defending it. Only 3 or 4 teams total did that. We dominated our first regional and then got our butts handed to us once others understood what we were doing and how to defend it.

The competition is the big leveler. It will be defendable. We're looking for 1700 different ways to play this years challenge. That's why we keep coming back.