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Let me start this post by clarifying that this is MY opinion ONLY and does not necessarily reflect that of my team.

1. For those who have said that "winning the match/event is not important", If that is the case then why even put our robots out on the field? Winning is an important aspect of FIRST ... granted FIRST is about MUCH more, but winning the battle on the field is a significant part. The intense 2 on 2 competition is what makes it so exciting.

2. If you play this game with ANY brains, you realize that you don't want to go after your opponents stacks right away, but you should wait until you see if you need to knock their stack(s) down to win the match. We all know how the scoring works, and that by maximizing your opponents score you maximize your own ... NO AGREEMENTS NEEDED ...

3. If any team approaches our team to pre-arrange inflated QPs, I will encourage our team to agree to do it, then with 15-20 seconds remaining have one of our alliance partners attack your stack while the other guards ours (maybe this will at-least keep us from being approached on this subject).
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My activity for 2012:
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  • Israel Head Ref - DONE (and it was FANTASTIC!)
  • Boilermaker Regional (with 1018) - DONE
  • Midwest Head Ref - DONE
  • WORLD Championships (with 1018) - DONE
  • IRI Head Ref - DONE
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