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Originally Posted by Atonomous
The alliance pick by 2056 to team up with 1114 was boring, and I for one though that this early in the game they would have chosen to play against each other to gain experience and game play knowledge instead of the "steam roller" dominance that you chose. Shame on you both for just grabbing yet another regional win. That is not what I would expect of the high calibre teams that you are. As far as I am concerned, it was a hollow meaningless regional win. 
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2056 and 1114 aren't be default the winners of every regional they go to. Yes, they're both great teams and they will be among the favorites every year they participate. But they probably won't always be elite every year they play. Just look at 217 and 67 this year. I would have bet a lot of money based on their history that they would have at least made it to the finals at their respective regional events, and I would bet even more money that their losses were upsets. I would have lost a lot of money if I made those bet. 217 and 67 are every bit as good as 2056 and 1114, and see no reason why they might not be as good next year. 2056 and 1114 should enjoy their success as long as possible.
Also, just because they won today doesn't mean they will win any of their other events. 1114 were favorites to win the Midwest Regional in 2009, and they were upset by an alliance in the quarterfinals that didn't even win that event. 1114 DID win a regional event later that year, but pretend for a moment they played that regional first. If they thought they would surely win the Midwest regional and declined 2056, then they may have lost that event and they wouldn't necessarily qualify for the championship event at all.
And I also don't agree that 1114 and 2056 made the event boring. They didn't participate in over half the elimination matches, and even the matches did they play in weren't necessarily boring. I thought the finals were exciting, even if 2056 and 1114 did win the event.
If you are really feeling these things then I don't think you really
get the point of these competitions. These teams did nothing shameful. They are admired and respected by most of the FIRST community partly
because they are consistently good year after year. You should be asking these teams questions, and try to aspire to be on their level. They deserve the wins with all the work they do (including possibly the work that has benefited you and your team). And I think it would be more helpful for you and your team to admire what they do and learn how to be as successful as them.