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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
And if there were such a rule, would it encourage the second best team to dumb it down to fifth place?  There's no need for any rule that encourages teams to play below their abilities. |
I don't personally think the second best robot at the competition would tank it's performance just to get on an alliance with the number 1 seed. All teams this good I have encountered embrace gracious professionalism and cooperation in full, and I don't think a team this good would unanimously decide to ditch the spirit of FIRST to more likely get on the number one alliance. (Because again, the number one would also fully embrace the spirit of FIRST so no back door deals would be made)