Team update 16

[buildmaster5000]

Well I would have liked this a week ago...and a bonus for winning with less than a full alliance would have been nice too

[Jon Jack]

Wow, this is a huge update. This really changes the game.

[,4lex S.]

Now I feel like I can have spectators show up and actually understand what is going on.

Thanks GDC, thats a really logical, upfront decision.

[IndySam]

The <G46> change is as exciting as the section 9 change.

Should lead to much fewer penalties therefor higher scores and even higher coopertition bonus.

Even more reason to play to win!

[Tetraman]

Huzzah!

I'd like to propose that we make Preseason events official FIRST events, for the sole purpose for FIRST, teams, the GDC to evaluate the game and it's rules so that Week 1 Regional Competitions will no longer carry the stigma.

[Rich Kressly]

namaste ... and thanks for listening ...
really looking forward to playing the game this way in a few weeks

[IndySam]

Two thumbs up for the GDC.

[Nawaid Ladak]

I personally am not a fan of the changes.... but i guess we have to live with it.

This is going to be a VERY intresting weekend in FIRST.

btw: has the GDC ever changed the scoring for a game once the competition has started? or is this a first?

[robodude03]

I have to mirror everyone else's statements and thank the GDC for this update. Playing the system will not be attractive anymore and can now focus on playing to win for those extra 5 points. This definitely changes the way the game will be played.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Here's a task for a student with some free time:

Take last weekends match results (from TBA/twitter/wherever), and recalculate the rankings incorporating this new bonus.

This is NOT to see what teams would have been ranked higher/lower, but rather to see how (15 * num matches) points injected into the total seeding points pool can affect the overall rankings.

[Martinez]

I'm not as convinced as others that this will elimnate the 6v0 or 3v0 stradigies... However it is a serious step in the right direction. Personally, this is alot better than what I was expecting which was ether a penalty for a own goal or those goals not being counted (or something to that effect).

I am surprised with a +5 bonus for winning (along with the 2x multiplier), and having the losing alliance keeping the winners score. Clearly the GDC must be either mostly happy with the results or don't want to shake things up to much.

Thank you GDC for listening and making your fans happy.

[Justin Montois]

This is a huge update. Changes a lot and all for the better. It's just a shame our regional is over. I'm looking more forward to Championship now. Happy with these changes! Go GDC!

[Radical Pi]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

I'd like to propose that we make Preseason events official FIRST events, for the sole purpose for FIRST, teams, the GDC to evaluate the game and it's rules so that Week 1 Regional Competitions will no longer carry the stigma.

Agreed. Being the victim of Week 1 field problems this year, I say a full official field should be offered to FIRST approved preseason events to work out the bugs in the system before full events

[Wildcat]

with the new +5 to the winning alliance this should make things much better and much more understandable

[pfreivald]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, GDC, for these changes. It's a wonderful day in the world of FIRST.