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Unread 24-04-2004, 09:18
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Chris Fultz Chris Fultz is offline
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Re: Hypothetical Situation

Absolutely play your hardest.
That is the only fair approach to your partner and the other teams.

If you play easy, the word will quickly spread.
Soon, the team you were being nice to "only won because you let them".
You both lose respect within FIRST, and reputations die a long, slow death.

The beauty of FIRST is that you:

COMPETE like crazy for the 2 minutes you are on the field - no friends, no allies, no debts - except to your partner at the moment,

then

COOPERATE like crazy all the rest of the time, even to the point of helping the very teams that may whip you later in the day.

When we play this way, we all win.
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