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Unread 07-11-2006, 09:53
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Re: Ideas to move in the direction of making FIRST competitions 'fair'

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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
look at Bongles scatter diagram. there is no correlation between how teams have done from one year to the next

you can flip a coin and have it come up heads 5 times in a row, and its still random.
Some real detailed analysis. I'm impressed...

Everyone, time to pack your bags. Apparently the competition is completely random. Those elimination rounds are no better than a game of dice.

I could come out with a detailed and typically Karthik-like response, but it's akin to doing the same sort of analysis to prove that sun sets at a certain time. Just open your eyes, and you'll see it.

/Edit: Andy beat me to it...
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