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Re: Dangerous precedent set by Q&A 461: Loaning Parts/Assemblies to other teams

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Originally Posted by efoote868 View Post
No, if you want your 3rd bot to do something specific that would benefit multiple alliances, go help all 3rd bots to accomplish it.
That's asking the impossible, to help the entire universe of other teams at an event. All teams have to pick and choose who they can help and with what resources. You haven't proposed a feasible alternative criteria for how to narrow that resource deployment. Since this is a "competition" the first one is helping better one's own competitive position. What's the next one?

This gets to another point I make frequently: Do NOT count on the "goodness" of the community to achieve an overall goal. "Social norming" where the community develops behavioral expectations can be helpful, but they will never be sufficiently effective to achieve the overall goal. The goal can only be achieved through effective and holistic design of the rules, mechanisms and incentives.
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