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Originally Posted by Chris is me
I'm pretty sure the post you're referencing is about passing a tube to another alliance partner - not to an opponent.
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There was a thread on passing tubes to alliance partners but then I distinctly remember a post mentioning an opposing alliance robot dropping a tube and the other alliance giving it back to them. I may be wrong and i would rather not directly point out the post but I'm pretty sure...
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Originally Posted by wilsonmw04
How can the world we live in have too many people who act in a gracious or professional manner? That would be a problem I would love to have.
As for the implied statement that competition and GP are incompatible, I will tell you what I tell my students before every event: I want to win, but I want to beat my opponent when they are at their best. Not, because they weren't running as well as they should. If there is something we can do to help our opponent out, we should do everything in our power to help them.How else can we find out how good we are or where we need to personally improve?
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Please don't misunderstand me. I am all for GP and I wholeheartedly believe in it. If another team is having a problem, I know there isn't a soul on my team who wouldn't jump up to help as best they can, including me. I just think it might be a little to much to directly help an opponent during a match.
To be honest I'm a little conflicted within. Helping an opponent off the field is one thing but to aid them during a match where the whole point is to win (graciously and professionally albeit) seems like one may be taking gracious professionalism too far. I'll put it this way: lets say that a robot on the opposing alliance shuts down because the battery wasn't charged prior to the match. The moment the battery dies, the claw/grabber mechanism goes dead and drops a tube that they would've been able to hang had their battery held out. Would it be in the spirit of gracious professionalism to hang the tube for them (assuming its not against the rules)?