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Originally Posted by Orion.DeYoe
These are my thoughts exactly. It's like saying Apple and Microsoft have to work together to make computers. It's called a competition for a reason. You're trying to defeat other teams. It makes everyone better and forces teams to turn out higher quality robots. GP is one thing, but this game is another.
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1 v 1 v 1 (add as many competitors as you please) often turns into 2v1 or something of that nature. It's been done in the distant past and it wasn't a great outcome. There are also logistical reasons for alliances as well, namely just making sure everyone plays an adequate number of matches.
Incidentally, Apple was (is?) partially owned by Microsoft. For a time Apple was kept alive in part due to support from Microsoft in the form of money and publishing Mac compatible versions of Office. Microsoft didn't
have to do that, but it made sense to do so for a variety of reasons. Another quick example is Samsung and Apple. They both compete fiercely in the mobile phone market (and in the courts), but Samsung has also supplied parts to Apple for those same phones.
Competition in the real world, be it in business or anything else, is rarely ever about just clobbering your opponents outright. You're often dependent on those same people in complex ways (just try to wrap your head around car manufacturing joint projects). FRC does a pretty good job of simulating that while also creating a nice atmosphere that isn't like traditional sports.
To me it's less that 2014 is a bad game and more that 2011-2013 were all really good.