Thanks Al for your post. I also thank you for your kind comments about the perfume incident.
I agree that things won't ever be perfect anywhere unfortunately- but we can try!
I also feel unless we make some of these points known, so many will not know they are happening. We had no clue people were scouting planning strategies to damage others robots. We all were shocked. We also would not choose to be in an alliance with them- we have noted that for future reference.
Others do need to be aware that some unhappiness is being spread and when we are aware of it- we can meet those challanges head on. Then when approached by a team such as this- we or others say NO... it is not okay to strategize or operate that way. Either they comment to the judges/officials or possibly talk to the mentors, or even say we do not operate that way and it is neither Gracious nor Professional and we will not participate in that sort of behavior nor be paired with someone we know is doing this.
I think this type of forum is a good forum to reach the masses and tell others the good and the bad. I most certainly love reading the good stories and news but I think we shouuld not cover up the bad- so many people learn so many different things here.
Thanks for writing and thanks for your opinions.
D'