Update #3 & Negative Scores...

[Joe Johnson]

The rules as written now seem to allow for huge negative scores.

Did FIRST really think this one through?

This is a huge confusion factor for the audience.

Here is the scenerio.

Assume the Blue alliance has twin Ramp Bots. They quickly go to the ramp, knock down the wall, plop down a couple of toilet bowl plungers and sit tight with the expectation that they have a lock on a win with 50 points in the bank...

But along comes the red alliance with Plow Bot and Tall Bot. Plow Bot methodically pushes all the containers in the blue zone into the no score zone. Tall Bot then picks up a single container and lifts it 11 Stack Height Units.

Red wins.

The score:
Red: 16 (assuming that the human players scored during the first 10 seconds)

Blue: (-10*11)+50 = -60

1 container IN
11 SHU
Multiplier 11
Base score 1-11=(-10)

This is going to be crazy for folks to understand.

Just my thoughts.

Joe J.
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