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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
I can assure you there are RCA winning teams who have explicitly told me they don't publish essays online when I inquired about it. I will not mention team numbers. This is something I feel is against the spirit of the award.
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While I personally agree with you (and am not implying you think the following), I do want to point out that not publishing the essay =/= team maybe lied in the essay. I do know teams that are more than willing to share their documentation (photos, raw video, articles, testimonials, etc), but like to keep their writing style under-wraps. I have even been informed of this reason directly.
The style of the essay itself can be incredibly unique and beneficial to a team's chances, so I can understand why teams wouldn't want to see their style imitated (even in the most benign interests) but have no problem sharing the content.