IRI - Dates, Info and Rule Ideas

[Nathan Streeter]

Originally Posted by ratdude747

My Idea for Qualification balancing:

- Toss out the whole coopertition bit. Let's be honest; Coopertition has no place at IRI.

I really hope you don't mean that Coopertition is just a silly game element that can be pulled out of FIRST...

Perhaps you could make a case that the Coopertition Bridge is just a silly game element that doesn't belong at IRI; however, even that would make me wonder why you think it doesn't belong at IRI... About the only thing I could see is because you think that IRI (unlike everything else in FIRST) isn't about Coopertition... rather it's a no-holds-barred fight amongst the best robots to crown the champions. That simply isn't true. IRI seeks to invite the very best robots to play the FIRST game, achieving the highest level of play, while keeping in place the FIRST atmosphere.

Really though, I don't understand the antagonism against ranking teams better that can consistently work with their opponents to balance the center bridge. I think that at IRI (with the strong, deep field) Coopertition balances will be the norm, hence why I'm in favor of reducing the double Coop balance to 1 point, and allowing a triple Coop balance for 2 points. This ups the amount of skill and effort required to achieve the same boost in rankings. I wish that the norm I foresee at IRI (working together to accomplish a single goal) was so easily achieved by all...