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Originally Posted by adventrx327
This isnt nearly as ungracious and unprofessional as the actions of someone i saw at the portland regional. I dont know why, but I saw him sneak over to team 473 (montana i think) and turn of their surge protector at the end of the day... they were charging a normal and backup battery. And yes, i am sure he wasnt on their team because he wasnt wearing their blue shirts. I dont know why, but unplugging someone's batteries is just disgusting. Anyone in here with me on this?
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I am absolutely with you if that is true. We usually have a battery "czar" that keeps an eye on our batteries although I don't think we had one at Chesapeake, our batteries were okay though. there was also one thing at Chesapeake that bothered me a little. In one match, there was a team that goes under the ball dispenser and waits for the balls to come down. They then catch them in a net on their robot and then they go over next to the ball corral and spit them out. I think most people would know what kind of robot I'm talkin about. So anyway, in this one match, another team came over and pushed this one robot away from the ball distributor. After the match (which the first team won anyway), a person from the team that was pushed away went and really berated the team that did the pushing. From what I've heard of the exchange, it was something that I would expect from an athletic event, not a FIRST competition. I know that everyone is stressed getting 5 hours of sleep or less per night, but I think that this went a bit far. I thought that it was a legitimate strategy and there were plenty of examples of it at Trenton. Did anyone else see it or have any thoughts on what I said? Thanks.