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Re: I really hate to be repetitive but i dont open my mouth very often
I'm going to be a bit cynical here, but add some reality to the discussion.
I've always said FIRST is very much like a micro-real world experience. Competitive alliances are becoming a larger part of the real world experience. In my day job, we are involved with at least 2 now between my group and groups of other companies/organizations. There are winners and losers. In the real world, if you aren't on the winning side, you don't continue to work. There are also bad losers too who (in FIRST terms) "knock down our stacks" or "pull their goals out at the last second to leave us with no QP's" That is part of life, but our society says that winning is important, and you play to win by the rules laid down. The scoring system is the rules we play by, and this year the game and scoring system reflect the idea to curb the "bad losers" who in my opinion, don't help anyone. All we can do is evaluate the entire system after all the dust settles. I personally think this year strongly represents a tie to the real world more than any year since alliances were started.
Steve
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