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Originally Posted by Karthik

On a related note, how is a team who decides to showcase their own robot at the expense of their alliance, any different than a team who throws a match for their own benefit? Many teams encourage the first type of behaviour, while vilifying the second. In my opinion, they're both examples of the same thing; a team putting their own goals and benefits ahead of their alliance partners.

Absolutely agree with the points that you brought up in your post. I get irked when a team decides to throw a match for the sake of putting their own goals ahead of their alliance partners. This is mainly due to my experience (in Atlanta 2009) that cost us being undefeated in the qualifications. I understand why they made the move they did and it worked for them in the end, but it obviously the rest of the alliance.

Have to side with you in terms of this type of behavior. Teams should always do what is best for the alliance. This is the type of team that we look for when making our pick lists.