[FRC Blog] The 2021 Season

Some opinions:

Good. Obviously five (one whole cycle) would be ideal, but three is better than one.

 

A bit disappointing, but not so surprising. Doing small things like changing point values or rearranging field elements without making more substantial changes to the game would be a sign that the GDC “messed up” in the first place. And it’s pretty clear why they didn’t want to make substantial changes. It does seem that most CD users are disappointed with this decision though (GDC went with “very small changes”).

 

Two experienced mentors is better than one, but I still don’t see the reason for the limit in the first place. Is being a rookie team too easy that HQ needs to put restrictions on who’s allowed to be one?

 

Looking forward to seeing what ideas HQ can come up with. And glad to have an official time frame for finding out whether we actually have a season this year.

 

A hard decision to make, but probably the right one. I was originally thinking that I can’t see the problem with making an exception this one year, but now this virus will certainly affect multiple seasons. And this exception could mean teams are artificially propped up by alumni, which might cause the team to fail when the exemptions are lifted.

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