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Originally Posted by GreyingJay
Let's just say "I have a friend" whose team was selected by another team for the sole purpose of (massively) cheesecaking their robot, that these plans were not discussed in advance and came as a complete surprise to the receiving team, and that the entire experience was frustrating, demoralizing and even humiliating for the team being cheesecaked.
All I'm saying is, as you have said, if all teams involved are open about their intentions and agree to it, then it's fine -- but if it isn't open and discussed prior to selection, then it's not fine at all.
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To explain our team's approach, we talked to everyone of the teams that we drafted last year about their willingness to add our can grabbers. They were always able to elect a different course. And they were always involved in installing the devices.
It's important to remember that it is the alliance captain who is assembling the alliance and it is the alliance captain's discretion to choose the strategy; it is not the role of the 2nd pick robot to dictate what strategy the alliance captain should be using. If a team built a robot to pursue a specific strategy and either it is not well executed or doesn't fit with the alliance captain's chosen strategy, then that team needs to accept that they may not be selected. That's always the nature of a competitive setting; it might be a surprise to some who have been only in the school system that the real world works this way too. You will not always be rewarded solely for your efforts.