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Originally Posted by ThunderousPrime
I would like to hear the rationale of the auction being an auto invite to IRI. I acknowledge that the charity money goes to a good cause but I am not sure this sets a good precedent on a "pay to get in basis." (I tried to look info about it on the IRI website but the silent action tab is not updated since 2012.)
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I think we need to step back and realize that at the end of the day, it's just a friendly robotics competition (and an offseason one, at that) The charities that this money goes towards is part of something much bigger.
Note that OPR and Ranking are not always accurate indicators of strength (although this is not to say that any of these teams mentioned are not very strong, high performing teams). Performance in eliminations isn't so great either, as this is dependent on the strength of that alliance as a whole. Robot "strength" is sometimes much less important than alliance composition