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I don't think it's a bad thing to worry about how a team with an illegal robot will affect rankings. It doesn't all balance out in the end, as the qualifying rounds aren't nearly complete enough for such a thing to have no affect. As we've seen, a lucky schedule can propel a team to being an alliance captain, while an unlucky schedule can drop you way down in the rankings. Looking at the big picture, which is more gracious, allowing 1 team to compete with an illegal robot, or allowing the other 59 teams (at a 60 team regional) to compete on a level playing field? |
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Not to mention that winning and losing matches is a big deal in the district format, as your ranking is a crucial component of determining if you advance to the district championship and then the FRC Championship. Quote:
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This isn't the first, second, third time a rule change will result in some teams having to modify their frames at events. In FTC, I had to do this at my very first robotics event ever. It's part of the experience, and I don't think that experience should be taken away from teams. The rules should matter. A single win or loss is not a "marginal" effect on your rankings. It's the difference between the #1 seed and the number #3 seed, or the difference between #4 seed and #10 seed. It's not "un-GP" to want to play the same game under the same rules as your opponents despite differing personal goals. |
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Seriously, we need an inspection war stories thread, so I made one here |
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We need more entries!
This is a reminder that this contest is over at midnight (well, 11:59.59 pm) on Wednesday, Feb. 1st. See here for more rules. $250 of AndyMark credit is at stake! Andy B. |
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Any chance we can get an idea of current submissions so we can get an idea of how much effort we have to put in to have a chance of winning?
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Even if you don't win the $250, the teams who you educate about this rule will be the winners. The FIRST Community needs a bunch of entries! Andy B. |
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Don't want you to worry about having to put in effort for anything in the world of FRC, etc. so I went ahead and did the hard work for you, all I ask for is a 50% cut of the proceeds for my..err...your hard work ![]() |
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I tried emailing at "contests" and "contest" (it's listed differently on the website and on Andy's original post) and got it bounced back both times.
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It should be working now. :) Apply, apply, apply! |
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