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Re: A comment about alliance selection in off season events

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Originally Posted by Citrus Dad View Post
I can't disagree with you more. Again, you're missing my point. This is not a decision that should be left to individual teams. It is a decision that should be made at an organizational level, either the event organizer or at the Regional or FIRST HQ level. Individual teams cannot effectively make an individual "disarmament" decision to avoid making certain alliance decisions. It must be a mutual agreement. At the international level, that's why we have treaties--actions by individual nations trying to influence world events are rarely effective unless there is a treaty.
Alright humor me since my response to you previously was skipped over lets talk hypothetically here: In your mind what would solve this issue? How will taking away a teams free will to pick who they want to ally with solve any issues? In my mind taking away my teams free will can only end badly for those who try.

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As you well know, it is almost pointless to email individual event organizers--they'll simply blow me off. And I can't physically go to discuss this issue with each and every event organizer. CD is where issues can be aired publicly and where a larger
Have you tried? Honestly tried? I have never been ignored by event organizers when I have emailed them, heck I heard from Panther Prowl before I could email them my concerns. We are not your typical group of individuals in FIRST if you want to talk to people in charge their is not a chain of endless bureaucracy to crawl through, their emails go right to them and you here back promptly.
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