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Originally Posted by OZ_341
My issue is with the lack of sportsmanship in the crowd.
My problem is with those audience members and teams that were openly calling for a fellow competitor (225) to be tipped. Those same people actually cheered and high-fived when it happened. This is just so far from what FIRST is about.
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This. Also, I should point out the times where there have been chants mocking an alliance when the set goes to a third match, because the underdog won. I heard this at CH, and at Mt Olive. Very, very, very un-GP; and the first time I've seen/heard it in this area. Personally, I think it's because too many teams in the area are focused on winning matches. I'd like to think that any team that I was on would not stoop this low.
EDIT: I was sitting right behind the section that was cheering when 225 was tipped. It's quite rude to hear this. The teams in the area are better then this. I'd also like to think that the refs had warned the alliance that tipped 225, and that they would have red carded the alliance if it happened again. Tipping the robot one can be an accident, but once it happens multiple times, it becomes a strategy. Also, I'm glad that 225 was able to garner a strategy to prevent themselves from being tipped.