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Originally Posted by Citrus Dad
One last point about FRC games in general--they are a team sport. It is 3 on 3 alliances made up of teams of individuals who make robots. If FIRST wanted this to be an "individual" sport, they would have designed one-on-one games. In a team sport individuals make sacrifices to help the team. Would you expect the left offensive tackle on a football team to grab the center snap and attempt a pass? But many of you would be amazed to find out that the left offensive tackle is often paid more than wide receivers and other "stars" because that tackle is the most important player in protecting the QB (who is usually right handed.) Remember that that not everyone can be the QB, but your team can be the best possible offensive tackle for the alliance.
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That's a good way of putting it. When you negotiate strategy with alliance partners in qualifications, it's good to come in with scouting data of their team and say "here is where we see your strengths as an alliance partner" instead of "we need you to NOT do x, y, z". It's a lot easier to work with an alliance partner by telling them "I want you to give #### hell the whole match because we've seen you do it and this will give us all the win" instead of "just stay out of our way."
Granted like I've said in other threads, these challenges are not exactly unique to this year, they are just made far more obvious because situations where these challenges arise are far more prevalent.