Philip
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 18 Jun 2004
Posts: 3842
Location: Queensland near Brisbane
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QLD bonus point system
I would like to see the bonus points removed or severely reduced.
The system gives up to double points for the win if a knock out occurs within 15 seconds, IIRC. I think this has the potential to distort the points table.
The bonus point system is to encourage the drivers to go for a quick win. Don't we all try to win from the moment we enter the arena?
Imagine an average robot gets drawn against a crap robot. If the crap robot dies in the first 15 seconds, the average robot gets 30 points.
Now imagine you have a quality robot and you are drawn against another quality robot. If the fight goes for the full 3 minutes and you win, you might only get 8 points.
You could potentially win 100% of your fights and not make the final. I think this happened to Daniel Kero in Sydney once. He won 5-0 and did not make the final.
The best robots that were still working made the finals on Saturday, but in a larger field points anomalies could have a robot with a 100% win record miss the final.
Let the flaming begin. _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
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