[Nitroxextreme]

i agree with both sides of this arguement...
FIRST events are ment to be a huge group of high school students gathering together to expand therir knowledge in the field of engineering

some teams may have upwards of 50 students while others may only have 3 or 4
this may be for different reasons, but in the long run they both have advantages and disadvantages

the team with 50 students can easily have people scouting or people strictly assigned to being "cheerers"...all of this will be done from the stands

in my opinion the team that has only a few students may have a slight upper hand

scouting can be done in the stands by others, but in the long run the people that are down on the field contribute the most to weather a team will be considered as a alliance partner or not (simply because they have worked with them or seen them work)

the number of people on your team doesn't matter it is the heart within the members that you do have