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Re: Practice bot morality

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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur View Post
Is it fair? No, it's not fair, but rarely in life are things fair. The teams that build practice bots have worked hard to be able to afford/gain that unfair advantage. If you (or any other team) wish to also gain that unfair advantage, you need to work hard at getting the sponsors/resources during the 'offseason'. In otherwords, that 'unfair advantage' is the result of hard work, and hard work is almost always moral.
disagree !!!!

Unfair is when 'the referee is blind' and makes a bad call against your football team, or you get a disease through no fault of your own.

If team ( or person ) A outworks, out fundraises, out performs, team ( or person ) B - yes, that is completely fair. That is the definition of fair. It isn't undue advantage.

Compare students that show up and work very hard and participate in FIRST with those that are just on the roster or just show up to socialize. It is completely fair that the hard workers earn the scholarships and Dean's List awards. The sooner a student learns that, the better off they will be. Unfortunately most don't learn until much later in life.
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