pic: BattleCry@WPI 7 Playing Field

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One benefit to the center goal was that teams had to keep an eye on the back-bot which could score that goal. It helped with some of the overzealous defense that was seen in this year's game. Usually, a bot had to go back and harass the back-bot if it was trying to score the new goal. This eliminated some of the 3 on 2 that caused much of the damaging contact.

It also added a second "big finish" to the game. More than once the center goal was swung from one alliance to the other in the last 10 seconds of the match.