Alternative endgame (from BB)

[bduddy]

At one point during the development of LOGO MOTION we considered an entirely different end game. Instead of giving the first mini-bot up the pole 30 points, then giving 20 points to the second bot and so on, we discussed the idea of awarding precision instead. The mini-bot who touched the top at the last possible moment before the buzzer sounded would receive the highest score, the second to last bot to score before the end would receive the next highest score and so on backwards to the lowest score. We pictured tense moments at the end of each match while minibots clung to the poles playing chicken, each daring the other to go first.

You know now that we didn’t go with that design, but at one point, we considered sharing both endings at kickoff and asking teams to vote for their favorite. We didn’t go with this idea in the end, but that may not be the end of that idea. We may still invite teams to help us pick elements of a game sometime in the future.

I thought this deserved a thread. Thoughts? I personally think this would have been a much better idea, encouraging precision instead of this expensive, penalty-filled, centralizing race to the top...