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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256
While this is a terrible event (it's terrible, it happened, end of story), my concern is that field issues happened all around the world during regionals/districts. Was a similar event the cause of all of those disruptions? There are people in the world who sometimes make the wrong decision, but to have such a person at all of the events where connection issues were present doesn't seem right.
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As the report showed, there were certainly a
lot of issues with communications, coming from a
lot of sources. And those are just 12 of the best teams in the world. Team error likely supplied most of the connection troubles throughout the season, just as it was the root of many incidents on Einstein. I severely doubt this is a repeat offense from earlier in the season.
With that said, let's look at the big picture. Every coin has two sides, even this one. It's not even close to fair what this "individual" did to those teams, or even their opponents. It never will be. But trying to look backwards, like thinking of replaying those Einstein matches, wouldn't be fair to anybody. Instead, appreciate what Frank Merrick and the people in
FIRST have done, making the very best out of a terrible situation, and look forward to the more promising future. This incident has spurred
FIRST into looking intimately at how the FMS works, giving rise to the potential for positive change that can make the years to come better than today. As much as it should, nothing will change from the 2012 FRC World Championship. Celebrate all twelve teams who were crowned Division Champions, and have faith that 2013 and beyond will be the best FRC seasons of all.
And it appears that we will never know the motives, or even the intent, of the "individual", so let's not pile on or ask unreasonable questions of or about the individual or his/her team. Going through the rest of your life without the opportunity to be involved with
FIRST is already a tall order for someone who probably loved
FIRST and poured as much into it as all of you have, but made
one horrible mistake to bring it crashing down.