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Originally Posted by It'sAScoot
That's not true. Anyone can provide input. A similar thing can be said that the referees and GDC are not taking our input because they have never lost 2 matches in a row with a game changing alliance including 2 below 40 teams against first seed. They don't know how huge of a hit that was on all of our alliance members.
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Agreed. I may be slightly biased as I was on the team they picked but, that quoted statement (not yours) is invalid.
I am 16 and all of our drivers/hps/ect are also under 18. There was only 1 adult coach on our alliance.
But we know the rules well arguably better then some refs. We are personally very invested as well. This is the first time our team has gotten into playoffs at an event since 2012. 2013,2014,and 2015 were extreme failures. This year we knew we had some sort of chance so we studied the rules well. Everyone on our team took a 13 page test and had to pass. I have gotten to the point where I can read fouls off my their prefix and, overall I knew the rules and so did our alliance partners.
I volunteer when I can but I can not volunteer as a ref yet so why say that sort of stuff. It is extremely petty.
I will probably leave this thread in fears of it getting too heated and I know now its a small conflict of interest.
I entered alliance selections not thinking we were going to be picked and was extremely happy to be an alliances first pick. I won DL and our mentor won WFFA I can not ask for much more. Coming from a team that has not won an award since 2009. Time to hang up our first blue banner.