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Unread 21-04-2003, 23:19
Matt Brinza Matt Brinza is offline
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Collusion in Curie?

The most likely candidate match for collusion would probably have to be 81 in Curie, based on score. 304 QPs were awarded to 16 and 87, the highest QP total throughout the entire competition, I believe. To start, I must say that the drive team (as well as the rest of the team) never expected such an outcome.

I figure it would likely be best to state our standing on the match before being accused of any collusion. To start, 87 proved to be a rather resilient alliance partner (we were paired with them twice throughout the qualification matches). 66 and 291 had previously been damaged in preceding matches, thus minimizing any strong opposition. Near the start of the match, one of our opponents was knocked over, further limiting our opponents' abilities.

At the end of the match, there were 4-bin multipliers left in both scoring zones, as well as numerous other bins. Ours was threatened once, but quick defensive maneuvers by our driver helped protect it (so yes, it was threatened). As for theirs, our overwhelming advantage provided no reason for knocking it down. Our alliance's robots were on the ramp at the end of the match, as well as one of theirs.

No collusion was involved, simply a good deal of luck through alliance pairings and match outcome.