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Re: 494........

I would like to say that we really cant have hard feelings about damaged parts on robots. I know some teams didnt like the idea that our robot (team 900) was playing a defensive game. This was the only game that we could play at that point though due to mechanisms failing. We flipped a few robots (on accident, most had wheels that just ran right up our frame, some even during autonomous mode when our robot was sitting still........not to mention we got flipped a total of 2 times during regionals and nationals) but did not try to damage them. Although we caused little or no damage the judges did ask our driver to calm it down some since he was being so aggressive. 494 showed a lot of GP to my team, from letting us use the dyno, to printing our materials list when we couldnt get to a printer. I think that many times in FIRST we let what could be good partnerships with teams drift away just for simple thinks such as a broken part. Really, the inspector should have made the call of it being unsafe/harmful. If it passed by the inspector without trouble at regionals and nationals then it is probably not totally their fault. I know that the inspectors did not allow any sharp edges at all or anything that could be remotely harmful. My team had a robot that was very unprotected on the inside but we suffered little damage. If a robot would have damaged our robot chances are I would have been the one fixing it and I would have no hard feelings against the other team. Accidents happen on the field, and many times from the drivers position on the field they can not see the damage they are doing when they are on the top of another robot. I would just hate to see teams that could learn from each other turned away simply over a few damaged pieces. Hard feelings against another team will just cause more problems. Since the inspectors let it pass I think it is really un-GP to second guess them since they are the officials. Plus I dont think 494 would intentionally harm another robot. Although damage may occur at times in a FIRST competition it doesnt happen often and is usually caused by accidents. An apology is nice when it happens but I dont really expect teams to run up everytime there is an accident and apologize. It is not always only their fault. IMHO 494 went out of their way for other teams by tying it back All I have left to say is congrats to 71, 494, and 435.
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