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Originally Posted by Bongle
But those to many teams (and myself) are the exceptions that prove the rule - out of so many regionals, we only have close ones once every couple years, and the rest are blowouts, which is why the idea of inevitability starts taking hold in people's heads.
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In no way is it inevitable that 1114 and 2056 will win every regional in Ontario from now on. They will be beaten. The only question is when. 2012? 2013?
I can see how trying to split up 1114 and 2056 might be beneficial to a lot of teams at an event. BUT... If I was a member of one of those teams viewing this thread, I would be annoyed that people are proposing strategies that specifically target my team. Then again, the goal of every team at a regional is to win, and it just so happens that 1114 and 2056 are in the way every time.
I don't know what to think.
What goes on in Canada is so much different than what happens in Michigan. At Waterford, the opposing alliance agreed to cooperate with 67 in every qualification match. Nobody tried to break up the 67/469 alliance. They won handily, but everyone at the event was still cheering like crazy after the double triple balance.
A major difference between the district system and regionals is that you get to go to States based on more factors than just winning districts. Getting to finals at a district is worth approximately 2/3 as many points toward States as actually winning. Getting to finals at States basically guarantees that you'll get to go to Worlds. It's not all or nothing. Winning isn't everything. Perhaps Canada would be well served by a district system, to reward teams that compete almost as well as 1114 and 2056, but not quite.
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Originally Posted by pfreivald
dishonorable cretin
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There is no FRC Honor Code, so whether or not some action is dishonorable depends on the culture of everybody is involved. Everybody has his or her own opinion on what actions should be considered dishonorable. A team's "dishonorable" actions will not "in the long run negatively affect" that team unless the general consensus is that the team's actions were dishonorable.
And I think a better way to stop actions that you think are dishonorable is to talk to teams that are committing those actions instead of posting that committing those actions equates you to a dishonorable cretin and it will hurt you in the end.