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Originally Posted by jonathan lall

If I were FIRST I wouldn't. Giving them back would encourage teams to start playing to that rubric - which is far from infallible - too much. Next year, it would be more wise to give a general guideline of what the judges want to see, and keep the exact rubric, which can then be more in-depth, secret. Though I applaud FIRST's efforts to make a better system of judging; 2003 was pretty bad...

I have to admit that 2003 was kinda shady, especially the way that our team won (by passing out ballots with our team number on them). It was nicer having judges make decisions instead of playing a popularity contest with the other teams (we won both 2003 and 2004 in PNW)