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Originally posted by Amanda Morrison
I think that a lot of times, veteran teams are discriminated against, especially ones that have done well in the past. Talking with other mentors, I can see that sometimes teams are expected to do well because of past successes, or are expected to do badly because of past losses.
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I find myself guilty of that. I know I really shouldn't, but I always find myself making judgements about veterans based on past performance. However, it's like the stock market: past performance does not dictate future performance. I'm sure there were some really good teams that I overlooked, either because I didn't know them by reputation, or I remembered a less-than-stellar robot of theirs from past years. Given the lack of success my team had with our 2001 robot, I probably should be more sensitive to that, but it's hard to get away from watching the big-name veterans.