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Unread 12-01-2016, 11:51
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Re: The "noodle agreement" is back! Now the defense agreement.

In general, I think the idea of "agreeing" with the other alliance on easier defenses, scoring intentionally in your own tower, or any other agreement I'm seeing posted on these threads in an effort to boost teams' rankings and scores artificially is UNETHICAL at best and CHEATING at worst, even if the rules don't specifically prohibit it.

Seriously, why even bother building a robot to play the game if you are going to collude on ways to advance in the tournament without actually playing the game? It's dishonest, and I hope that referees catch anyone attempting it. As a coach, I would prohibit my team from engaging in any such agreements. The point of FIRST and FRC is to overcome the challenges and play the game, not weasel around the rules and try to advance to the next level.