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Originally Posted by A Dog IRL
They're supposed to anyways! We don't need FIRST forcing everyone to work together. I'm not going to sit around and expect 254 to come around and help us. We can ask for help from them, sure, but it's in the spirit of FIRST that they help us. Not because the game requires it.
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As I posted earlier in this thread, what people SHOULD do, and what they ACTUALLY do are two different things. I'm a professional economist who works on policies to close the gap between SHOULD and ACTUALLY. Incentives matter, and I can show you the research that proves this incontrovertibly. Rather than just sit back and passively extol teams to act, the teams need more of a push to act. (And note that I am not saying FIRST is "forcing" them together--the teams still have a choice, but now they get a more explicit reward.) The GDC apparently decided this was the case when they designed this year's game. I am suggesting a couple steps further to accomplish the GDC's goal.
You're rookie team made it to the World Champs because it is unusual. Most teams do not have that wherewithal. Look back at how other teams performed at the South Florida Regional. There were almost certainly robots that could not effectively interact with other robots on the field. They had problems in conceptual design or in quality of manufacture. In past games, these problems were of little consequence. This year, it could cost an alliance up to a 100 points. These teams, especially rookies, may not have thought to ask, or may not have known who to ask. They don't have enough experience to know which other teams have the resources and knowledge to help them. So why not have FIRST proactively solve this problem?