First, I would like to thank 4143 and 16. You guys were awesome and great partners. The students and mentors on the Bomb Squad are some of the most humble and inspiring people I have ever met. To 4143, all I can say is that the third time is going to be the charm
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@driveman
I usually let this kind of post competition complaining pass by, but I feel as if the above posts warrant a response.
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Originally Posted by driveman
This became apparent to the competing teams and here in my view the gracious professionalism ceased to exist. The theme to me appeared to be to do anything to survive.
Saturday became a totally different atmosphere. It was do at all costs or die. I may be wrong but it appeared by all the postings in the pit that the older teams dominate. They know the politics.  |
FRC is a competition. You need to be competitive to win a competition!
Malicious behavior is nearly impossible to pull off without an inspector or referee interfering. Don't blame bad robot design decisions or poor manufacturing techniques on another team. Take a look at 2481 (arguably the best team at Wisco). They were tipped and they are not complaining.
Data can talk for itself in regards to your robot's shooter's performance (
http://www.frcminer.com/e/wimi ). It is well known that qualification rank is only important for alliance selection order and does not represent a robot's actual ability. This is why teams scout, instead of just picking the next best ranking team. There was a 7 way tie for first and another 7 way tie for second at WI this year. For a majority of teams at WI, placing was a matter of luck (No really strong auto robots). If a team was to be intentionally damaged, it would have been 2826, 111 or 1732. I don't mean to call your team out on this, but I think you need to take a step back look at what really went down.