A simple and easy way to make RR the best game yet...

[orangemoore]

The new Constant for FRC is change. In the past 3 years we have seen big changes. They have gotten larger as time has progressed. While I don't enjoy seeing where FRC is going at this point I rely on the FACT this is first time ever we have played a game like this. Anyone who doesn't like this game needs to get over that or your season won't be enjoyable. Its too late to change the game. I promise you that FIRST probably won't stick with this kind of game. 2014 was a new kind of game so is 2015, and 2016 could be a new type of game, the same kind of game, or and old type of game. The old type of game is what we all seem to call "normal". There isn't a normal game in FRC anymore and that I like.

[Chadfrom308]

I like this game idea, especially in the fast-growing FRC community. To get people sucked into FIRST can be tricky, and normally we have cool robots to back us up. Unfortunately, and this is extremely opinionated, but I don't think stacking crates and recycling is cool. And I know this is very early on, but there isn't a huge 'wow' factor yet. The past 4 years, the game animation/release has always had me at "wow, what? how are we going to do that?" and I can't say the same for this year

The audience, I think, will be bored with this game. Capture the flag, on the other hand, will be more interesting to watch, IMHO.

All that being said, it is indeed to late to change the game. I wish they would, and would enjoy if they did, but they wont, so we have to make the most of this game.

I guess we can think of it as another challenge. How do we make this game more flashy and wow for the audience?

[AlexanderTheOK]

This game does seem to be more focused on the building rather than the playing when compared to previous years. Some of the ideas we came up with today were pretty ridiculous (no size constraints!) and would have been quite a spectacle to see on a field had we gone with them.

I can see that it will likely be less fun to play and to watch, but I'm definitely seeing that it's more fun to design around, program, and build.

Maybe well see some fighting for the center bins and totes in higher level play? That ought to spice things up a bit.

[JAisoff]

Though this year it will probably be pretty difficult to get people interested in the programs, FIRST is known for always bringing new stuff to the table. I think it will be interesting to see how teams work in this totally different game. I say give it some time, it will probably grow on us.

[dusundavar]

Originally Posted by jtrv

Cool idea, but look, FIRST isn't going to change the entire field.

I agree that this idea would be amazing and fantastic. There's just no going back at this point.

They wouldn't necessarily need to change the field. Teams would be required to build a robot that could traverse the step.

[Briansmithtown]

MR. KAMEN! TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!

[David8696]

Please please please let this happen. This game would be so much more interesting strategically if FIRST came to their senses and made some major changes before people had committed too much to a design and strategy.