2010 Game Hint #2

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Originally Posted by Monty Python

It does appear as if the gate is in the middle of the field and while I can definitely see FIRST doing something unpredictable and changing up the alliance structure, my gut feeling is that they won't (not basing this off of anything, it just seems unlikely to me). So to me, the question becomes why bother moving the gate? My guess would be because human players have to stand in that area. If human players are standing on one side of the field, they can't be symmetrical across the field and there could be some competitive advantage for either side (obviously FIRST wouldn't want an inherently unfair game). This leads me to believe that human players will have limited importance this year and, for instance, will play a role more akin to their role in Stack Attack as opposed to their incredibly important role in Lunacy.

Maybe the reason they might move to the gates to the middle is because the place where we score is now up against the driver stations, and the starting positions lie in a manner that would've caused problems with the traditional setup.

Of course that's just speculation and in roughly 12 hours time, we'll see exactly how far off we were.

Sleep well Chief Delphi, because for the next 6 weeks, sleep is only for the weak.