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Originally Posted by EricH
Note: Not all of the teams that had two robots were powerhouses. Matter of fact, only two (or three, counting Saturday) would normally be considered even close. (A third/fourth team is in some years and is not in other years.) And of those teams, at least two had distinct differences between the A and the B robots. (One B team just so happened to be running BETA hardware, for example.)
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As I mentioned, and you acknowledged, this doesn't strictly apply to powerhouse teams. Teams do not learn by allying with themselves. Whether or not you agree, it is the responsibility of successful teams to help bring up the competition around them. FRC is not about winning, it's about bringing up the overall level of competition across the field. Neither experienced teams, nor inexperienced teams benefit from pairing with their own team. Independent of team ability, it's not beneficial for them to ally with themselves.
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The equivalence is this: It's something that many people disagree with, that is a valid play under event rules. Therefore, if someone is complaining, they really have no solid footing other than "I think it's not fair". OK, you don't like it, we get it. But we happen to have our own opinion. In this case, event rules happen to differ from FRC rules. You don't like it, but the event organizers chose to allow it, so it's perfectly valid, regardless of whether you like it or not.
And the other example of a "solid footing" that I mentioned above is "It's not GP". And, different teams have different agendas for offseasons. Obviously, yours differs a little bit from the teams that were there. I can't speak for them as to why they picked their twins but as alliance captains, they can pick any team that isn't already picked.
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With gracious professionalism being one of the main points of FIRST I don't think it is an element of competition to be taken lightly. It's not about whether or not I like it or if I think it's fair. It's about what's better for the future or FIRST and teams that participate in it. Sure it's not against FRC rules to refuse to speak to other teams, but I don't think anyone finds that to be a good idea. I think I've made my point that it is clearly in everyone's interest to work with other teams rather than against them.
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I also specifically stated that I was NOT serious in my second paragraph.
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Hence why we're not replying to commentary in your second paragraph. I believe everything we've addressed has been in response to your first paragraph.