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Re: Open Challenge: Make a better FRC ranking algorithm

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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri
Maybe the big powerhouse teams are inspiration to everyone?! I know I sure was motivated to do better after seeing 45, 217, 111, and 25 in 2003 at nationals. Would that have happened with the communist ranking system? No.
Tom your the man.

But anyways...
The competition is the end of the journey. The journey is where the learning happens, and seeing others at competition inspire innovation for others and new thinking. Keep it simple, lets have some fun, and lets not make competition stressful with complicated ranking.
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