Abominations

Hi,
 
I've been observing the contest for quite a while now and in my opinion it has undergone some really sad development during this week, having robots that do actually nothing but random attacks or strange movements placed in the top ranks. Climax of this was Curry and Sonovobic overhelming Coyote. Beating the old grandmaster, capable of tracking his enemy and planning, just by blindly and continuously punching (Curry) or by doing a weirdo frogstyle random bouncing movement (Sonovobic) sounds so ridicoulous to me. Kp2 made a lot of ranks using a dive attack that acutally rotates his legs through his chest in a ugly looking manner.
 
As it looks right now, a silly and ugly competitor is more likely to win a online contest in robotics than a reflecting and humanoid looking robot. I really hope that there won't be many clones of such behavior, as it was the case when everyone started adopting Coyotes dive attack. If so, the Judo contest will turn into a freakshow of abominations not worth watching anymore.
 
However, merry Xmas and a happy new year to all competitors who provided their fans with funny and astonishing fights in the tatami.
 
A quite disappointed spectator


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