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Originally Posted by simpsonboy77
No matter how hard you work to repair an alliance bot in say an hour or 2, it should not be given the same recognition that is given to a team who spent 6 weeks on their robot, and (at least) a whole other competition to qualify for champs. In our case, it sure feels like a participation award.
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I understand what you're saying, but didn't the second part of this statement apply to almost every 4th robot at champs? They spent six weeks on a robot too; they got picked based on the quality of their robot, and they attended another competition where they played well enough to qualify for champs?
I'm not really in favor of removing the 4th robot - the alternative is 8 more teams miss eliminations, and Championship alliances are less reliable and strategic. I understand the arguments for requiring them to play at least one match, but I'm not entirely sure on that yet.