[Citrus Dad]

I'm sorry that you have to get so angry about a comment based on the information available on Blue Alliance. There is no indication in the Sunday information that the field was somehow of limited size. (And Saturday's info shows only the elimination alliances.) A more measured comment explaining the situation rather than lashing out is much more appropriate on a web forum. Please consider your language and tone when you enter a discussion here. It sounds like your anger is better aimed at the event organizers, but rationally and calmly discussing the options with them about how to make it a better event.

Originally Posted by EricH

So 1678 is going to come down next year to help expand the field, right? If you look at Saturday's selections, only 4 "B" robots were picked for eliminations, with only one pair on the same alliance (and that as the 4th robot). This may be because there was a much larger field to choose from.

While you're at it, why not comment about allowing teams to compete in both one-day tournaments including eliminations, instead of forcing them to choose one day? (Because, as you might notice, about half of the teams in Sunday's elims had competed in Saturday's eliminations as well.) After all, this is about inclusiveness and encouraging new participants, and I can't think of anything less encouraging than to get walloped by the same team two days in a row, or watching said team walk off with multiple days of awards even if they're not all the same. Or how about barring the "B" robots altogether, resulting in a much smaller event, because you want to include everybody and encourage all the new participants?


I generally consider the offseason events to be emphasizing FUN and TRAINING. As part of those, multiple teams like to swap out drive teams, or do other similar things. And truth to tell, it's rather entertaining to watch Twin A knock Twin B out of an event if they're on opposite sides (plus it gets the ENTIRE team cheering for an ENTIRE match).

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For those that can't catch on very well... That second paragraph is intended to be somewhere between sarcasm and satire. I'm not seriously proposing either "solution".

The first paragraph is serious, or nearly so. The event could have used 1678's HP coach. As a ref, easily 60% of the fouls came from humans not knowing what was going on. One or two incidents stand out, but I think I'll save the teams and team members involved the embarrassment.