Thread: Is allowing a practice robot good for FIRST?
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Unread 19-01-2005, 11:35
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Re: Is allowing a practice robot good for FIRST?
One thing that is the big equalizer at First competitions is the random pick of the partners. Last year in Atlanta our team made it to the Semi-Finals in the Newton division. We clearly were not the best robot in the pool, but we were paired with awesome partners for 2 days. In then end we picked a partner team that won their regionals but was in 50th place (or so) at the finals because of partner pairings that did not work out. So everything else said, about resources, rookies experience, it all gets washed out in the random pairings.
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