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Originally Posted by MrJohnston
To me, "Welcome to my alliance, don't put your robot on the field" seems rather un-GP.
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I also think of the webcast spectators, particularly the lesser involved parents, school students not on the team, and others who might be inspired by watching the home town team playing. They go from "We just got picked by the #1 Alliance" excitement to "Why are they not on the field/not moving? Something must be very wrong" and lots of other confusion.
Then the team has to try to explain to everyone when they get back home.
I would agree that it is generally ungracious to pick a robot that you don't intend to use for its basic capabilities. In prior years, power house alliances always at least had the option to choose the beefiest remaining robot to play defense. That's not the case this year, and it introduces a new dynamic that we are still trying to adjust to.