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Unread 25-03-2014, 04:25
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Re: 301 points! and could have done more

Competitions are widely enjoyed and rewarding because of the ingenuity and clever strategic planning necessary for a team or alliance to win whatever game they are playing. While FRC is about much more than just the competition, regional events and even more specifically, finals in eliminations rely on the inherent intrigue of competition. Building a strategy that does not have the
focus of winning diminishes the competitive integrity of the match, especially when it is known that money is an influence.

Qualification matches as a whole can be played strategically by considering being set up best for elims as the challenge, which is why the 6v0 in 2010 can be considered competitively respectable. However, the goal of each match in eliminations is solely to win, there are no seeding factors, only winning and losing.

This is still no reason to not be graciously professional as that would impede others' opportunity to grow, this is an opportunity to see how effective your team's strategic and engineering decisions throughout the season are and simply agreeing to an exhibition match during what is the supposed to be a match-up of the most competitive teams at a regional is a missed opportunity.
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