Next Game Autonomous Mode

[EricH]

I'll answer with some reactions.

Rookies: "We have to do what??? We don't even know what autonomous is!"

Veterans: "So, after the lights in 2006 and 2007, and the targets in 2009 and 2010, we get to deal with zero visibility for half the game. Sounds like fun. Let's see if we can steal Wildstang's code for that."

Field setup: "Uh, the technical crew won't let us go up to put the lifting rig... we can't set this up."

Technical crew: "Hey, don't blame us. We just work here, and your lifting rig interferes with X system that we absolutely have to have there. Why couldn't you guys have a ground-based system?"

Field teardown: "You want to put all these motors and cables into the road cases in what order?"

Audience: "zzzzzz Oh, hey, the robots are scoring like crazy now that the curtain is removed. Oh, match over. Match starting... zzzzzzzz"

I'll let you figure out if any of those reactions is what you're looking for.

Remember, absolutely nothing in any of the 2010 rules (or any ruleset dating back as far as I can remember, for that matter--say about 2005 or earlier) says anything about autonomy not being allowed outside of autonomous mode.