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Re: Elitist Teams

To me, it sounds like the team in question should have been reported to the referees for a [G15] watchlist. Uncivil behavior during a match is a potential red card. (Or the judges for removal from consideration from some of the awards--that sort of behavior would probably merit removal from consideration from the GP award and the Chairman's at a minimum.)

It also sounds like a team whose sole goal is to win a robotics competition, no matter who is in their way. This is unfortunate. Some time ago, I believe it was Dean had something to say at Kickoff, something to the effect of "Sometime, you are going to think that you are in a robot competition. Then you're in trouble."

If the team a powerhouse, they've presumably been around a while, long enough to have heard that. Long enough to have forgotten that. Long enough to lose sight of the bigger picture.

Negative treatment isn't confined to the top teams. Witness the many threads on how the top teams have mentors build their robots. And negativity breeds more negativity. It's possible that negative remarks come because a team is being negative, or perceived as such. However, I think teams like the one mentioned are a minority.


If I were in your shoes when they rammed you, I might have tipped the bridge, possibly the other way, and told them later, "You guys set the strategy, and we're sticking to it. There wasn't anything in there about you guys grabbing the balls off the bridge." (Or I might have just dropped the controls and sat there the rest of the match. They keep ramming, see the first paragraph in this post.)
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