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Re: Ungracious professionalism at internationals?

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Originally Posted by Bryce Paputa View Post
No it isn't.

Why would a team want to emulate a poorly performing team? Until a judge says differently, I'm going to assume (maybe a bad idea) that there is a robot performance cut off as part of the award, that could very easily be being picked for division eliminations or being semi finalists, etc. In FTC and FLL (in michigan at least), you must be in the top 10% (maybe a different number, not completely sure) of robot performance to be considered for the Inspire/Champions award, FRC is probably similar.
At this point I can only offer speculation, but I believe strong robot performance is important to a well-rounded program. Whether or not you get picked or win your division or win Einstein probably doesn't matter- performing well in qualifications at CMP is an achievement in itself.
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