[Cory]

Can we stop turning these threads into mud-slinging contests? Oh yeah, dont we already have what, like 3 or 4 threads on this topic? This thread started out in a bad way, and turned even worse. How do all you know what really went on at a competition? Because you watched a webcast? I think not. You dont know what *REALLY* happened unless you were a little fly on the wall of the alliance stations. Stop the acusations, stop polluting CD with foul remarks about other teams, stop the arguing. Lately I've seen a huge increase in ungracious behavior due to this so called match fixing, and you know what? Its really ruining CD. I know many people that may stop frequenting CD just because of these childish arguements. Why is it so hard to get along? Why do people feel the need to accuse others of something because you find it hard to believe they didnt cheat? Isnt the law in America "Innocent until proven guilty"? The fact of the matter is, as much as you may think a match was "fixed" you werent there, you werent one of the teams that played in these matches. Until someone who was on these "fixed" alliances comes out and says that the match was fixed, noone can say it was fixed. Is all this discussion and argument really helping matters? In reality, it is just tearing us apart. The more this is discussed, the more people are alienated. This isnt getting anywhere, FIRST isnt going to change the rules. They will never know if anyone "fixed" a match. What are they going to do, DQ a team from the competition because they had a stack of 8 standing? Are they going to submit the drive team of an alliance with 300+ pts to a polygraph test to see if they "fixed" the match? The answer: NO!!!!!!!! FIRST is going to do nothing about this matter, so stop beating a dead horse. If you have problems with this, keep them to yourself, or talk to your team about them.

Im sorry about the length of my post, but this is really saddening me, and I felt that I had to express my opinion. Im also sorry if Ive offended anyone, which Im sure I have.

Cory