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Re: Ungracious professionalism at internationals?

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Originally Posted by Bryce Paputa View Post
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.
There are two teams in the FIRST HOF who are rarely competitive. But no one ever questions their presence there. Getting in the HOF has NOTHING to do with how good your robot is. It's about how good your team is.
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