paper: Spanking the Children

[KrazyCarl92]

This is a really nice summary of penalties in FRC for those of us who weren't around back when there were none.

Here's an idea of how the game could be better balanced. Change the values of the penalties to:
-10 Points for Foul
-20 Points for Tech Foul
-60 Points for Misconduct Foul

Misconduct Fouls would apply for intentional or extended (>10 sec.) possession of the opponents ball and contacting an opponent during auto while out of position (makes the opportunity costs/punishments sensible for strategies aimed at illegally blocking a 3-ball hot auto, such as 254's). Misconduct Fouls could also carry a yellow card with them if that would help deter these actions.

Unintentional possession of the opponents ball that lasts less than 10 seconds would be a Tech Foul, but only 20 points.

Everything else stays the same, just new point values for the Foul and Tech Foul.

Please GDC, change this.