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Originally posted by mjt902
hi i'm from 902 (finished 3rd at cleveland) and i'm a little upset. we got the short end of every pairing and still had enough power to get ranked number 7 and the end of qualifying rounds.
secondly, did they not see us flip over 835 and save them in the first high score of the day (171 pts)??
third- 256 pts by our team is hardly a small event and was not noticed at all
lastly- even though we might have had a small, techincal advantage (the ref stepping on our opponents mat) they should not have replayed it (the rule about all posted scores being final)
but most importantly- even though we got screwed in every aspect of the game in cleveland, and still were able to push everything around, and ended up 3rd overall; it GOT US NOTHING. NO TRIP TO HOUSTON, NO KUDOS, NO RESPECT.
why do the judges even watch the matches if they don't care about the scores and huge plays?? i understand it being about gracious professionalism, but isn't it a little bit about a robot?? maybe a little??
anyway, i'm done venting... cheer me up and let me know what you think about our fate!!!
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Every year this will happen to many teams robots in one way or another. I can say this has happened to my team at least twice. What you have to understand that this is not necessarily a game of who is the best, it is a game of luck to some extent. The top ranked team at any given competition may not be the best team, but they may be the luckiest team. As an example, we were very very lucky at Sacramento. Our first two matches we were tipped over almost imediately, and we still won, in fact, those two matches were two of our best the entire competition. We also had two matches full of horrible bad luck, and somehow we managed to stay in fourth place. We also had some bad luck in the quarter finals, but hey I *never* expected to get that far to start with.
Moral of the story: Its better to be lucky than good, and you have to take what cards life deals you.
Cory