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Originally Posted by maxlobovsky
What is the "placebo"? The only reference I have heard to that are the "placebo bots" used at BattleCry for matches where teams could not attend.
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Back in the olden days of FIRST (before my time)... FIRST was 1 vs. 1 vs. 1. Due to this format (in an effort to give all teams the same number of matches) some matches only had 2 teams in them. FIRST had on hand a "placebo robot" to fill in and play the role of the 3rd team.
As Joe mentioned, one year it was a hovercraft.
Another year it was a RC vacuum cleaner.
Cool stuff,
John