3 Teams Per Side Too Many?

[Jverdon]

With the way that the field and game was set up for this year 3 robots on the field was awesome. I would think that to just have two on two for this game would have been a bit boring. I think that the number of robots on the field from now on will all determine on the game and the field. FIRST did an awesome job with every thing this year. I was really impressed!

[NeedMoreEngines]

Yeah i thought that 3 teams was too much. sometimes it was beneficial but sometimes it was too hectic on the field.
I think that next year if they're going to have 3 teams, they should
1. make matches longer
2. make the field larger
3.if possible, have more than one field at a competition

[Masterfork]

Originally Posted by NeedMoreEngines

Yeah i thought that 3 teams was too much. sometimes it was beneficial but sometimes it was too hectic on the field.
I think that next year if they're going to have 3 teams, they should
1. make matches longer
2. make the field larger
3.if possible, have more than one field at a competition

YEP THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT I WAS THINKING

there is just to much of a chance of have bad teams on top becuase they are riding on good teams back

[Shu Song]

The one thing that I disliked about 3v3 is that whatever the rankings turned out to be, they deviate more from what it should be than it would if it were just 2v2. There are teams in the top 8 at regionals where I've been to that really shouldn't have been there, while others that should have but weren't.

M.O.R.T suggested that in ranking, every team should be ranked based on their OWN stats, not combined stats. I think that one way to start is to do that is if a penalty were to change the outcome of a match, only the team that committed the penalty would record the loss. That way you don't end a great match where you just barely beat a rival team, only to lose because a partner made a penalty.

But other than that, I like the 3v3 system, especially in elims. Not having to sub out teams means noever worrying about who's better for the match, and trying to guess which robots your opponents will send against you.

Plus the amount of strategy that goes into a 3v3 game is tremendous. Being a coach myself, I love it. We even have a laminated copy of the field so we can use dry erase markers to draw strategies on it.

Bottom line: 3v3 is great, if there were some way to make rankings better reflect robots as they are, 3v3 would be even better.

[Joe J.]

I personally liked the 3v3 it helped the events move quicker and allowed teams more matches. With the size and lay out of this years field 3v3 was great, but with past fields platforms, and ramps it would have been too crowed. Also from the game stand point 3v3 made it more more exciting 2v2 would have been a little boring, and the score would have been lower. I also like that the three teams on the tournament alliances could all be playing at once and not have one team sitting out. Also it gave the drive teams more options on the field as a result there was a lot more interesting game play.