Rule change suggestions for MARC 2010

[XaulZan11]

This is probably atleast partially a self-serving post, but I don't really like the rule changes that change the importance or weight of certain objectives. Teams spent a ton of time brainstorming and building their robot based on the point values in the game manual. I think giving extra points for hanging or autonomous goals changing the game too much from what the robots were built to play. As much I would like to see autonomous goals from the far zone worth 2 points, I don't think that would be fair.

That being said, I would like a change to the ranking system. Instead of the loser getting the winner's score, they could get 2 times their score. The winner would still get their score, twice the losers score and 5 points while the loser would get two times their score. This would eliminate the 6v0 strategy and would reward those teams that lose 13-12 instead of 13-0.