[Kevin Leonard]

Everyone in this thread needs to take a deep breath and relax.

The rule update is frustrating and vague, and hopefully this situation will be addressed in a coming update.

As for the "GP" debate over sidelining Alliance members, I don't think any single Alliance picked a third partner without the intent of having that partner contribute.

The third partner of all these Alliances have been essential to their victory. And both the teams picking and the teams being picked know that.

Without their ramp/can stealer/smart driving when the main robots are unable to take the field, many of these powerful Alliances wouldn't have been as successful as they were.

And with whatever this new Q&A entails, I'm sure the #cheesecake will continue, and it should. #cheesecake is an important part of FRC, and I've seen teams receive cheesecake one year, only to be inspired and give cheesecake the next year.

Team 20 has been one of those. In 2012 we were awful, not getting picked at our first event. But at our second, Teams 195 and 181 helped us add an autonomous mode to feed balls to a partner. We went on to win the Connecticut Regional with them, and the next year we picked 195, and gave out some cheesecake of our own to other teams.