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Re: Is alliance selection usually this bad?

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Originally Posted by lineskier View Post
I will just say the friends picking thing is a very real experience. Imagine going to college, applying for a job, and finding out you didn't get it because the person you were competing with for the job had an in at the company. Then its not 6 weeks but often 6 years.

In the real world perceived value and connections are almost as valuable as real value in a business deal. In a strange (and unfortunate corollary) the similar thing happens in FIRST, especially for second picks.
THIS is one more reason why teams should network. Why mentors and students should work together across teams. This year, while helping 3450, I needed help from people who had more resources from me. I went to 2337 and 68 and told them that I needed help. 68 did a bit of machining for 3450. 2337 did a lot of machining for 3450 as well as donating 2 mentors for nearly 2 weeks after Kettering helping 3450 to fix problems. They even gave 3450 a minibot.

Furthermore 703 offered to do any machining we needed that they could do, we just needed to ask.

3450 had access to many more resources because of our network of friends.

Yes, teams picking teams based solely on the fact that they are "friends" sucks. But teams picking teams based on the fact that they are nearly as good as another team and have worked well with them in the past is completely understandable to me.
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