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Originally Posted by jblay
Is it possible they were broken and were trying to do the alliance a favor?
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As one of the two FTA-A's at the Colorado Regional this weekend, I can say with full confidence that they were not broken. 1977 selected 1332 with their first pick, and then selected 1583 with their second pick. The representative from 1583 declined the selection, to the surprise of everyone in the arena, and then went back in line to wait to be picked again.
The 5th ranked alliance then selected 1361, and selections progressed as normal. A couple of selections later, after looking at the rules along with the head referee, the MC announced to the audience that no, 1583 could not be selected again because they had declined a selection. The look of shock and horror that was present on the representative's face made it clear that he did not know at the time what he had done by declining the selection.
Throughout the regional, while 1583 was not the best robot present, they were a very consistent team that worked well and never broke down through the 11 matches they played over the previous two days.