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Had that team been informed of their violation, it could have ruined not only their event but their future. While I was there to uphold the rules, I was not there to ruin anyone's day. Besides, it wasn't like they had a Briggs Lawnmower engine on there.
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Ruin is a rather strong word. FIRST is about more than winning a robotics competition. I would hope that the particular infration in question was not done intentionally. Who can say if this would actually have ruined their competition or not? I am always impressed with the resoursefulness of FIRST teams in the heat of competition. Maybe they could have rechanneled their creativity in a different direction. Maybe other teams could have jumped in and helped them with legal spare parts and come up with a more effective design?
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Also, I believe the evidence that is was a non issue is the fact that I am the only one who brought it up.
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Maybe you were the only one to notice, maybe not. If others noticed and didn't say anything either then the whole level of competition just lowered a notch.
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Teams should be proud of themselves for following the rules, not angry at other teams who don't.
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Agreed 100%
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That is their problem, not ours.
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I do not want to start a flame war here or anything so let's just leave this alone and agree to disagree. I will say this, FIRST is a microcosm of the real World. We all need to work together to solve these problems not pass them off to someone else.