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Re: 2006 Toronto Championships
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Originally Posted by Steve W
Those that brag about their accomplishments only put themselves in bad light with everyone around.
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When I loosely used the word "brag" i meant it in the sense of "Proudly sharing", not in a "Hey look at me - I'm better than you" sense.
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Originally Posted by Steve W
I have heard of reports of teams showing up at VEX championships totally changed and imitating other winning teams.
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That is definitely going to happen and is 100% fair according to the rules.
So long as the rules remain unchanged, the only way I can think of to stay ahead of it, is to constantly improve your strategy, your mechanisms, your software, your collaboration with your allies, and your driving. Once a machine is unveiled, the FVC rules allow other teams to absorb it's design in whole or in part into their machines.
I have been assuming that team with a truly complete full-season strategy will look forward to this; and will keep one or two tricks up their sleeves that they use to sustain a winning streak, rather than showing all of their cards in their first competition.
Blake
PS: I know what I espoused above is way, way easier said than done.....
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Last edited by gblake : 03-12-2006 at 17:48.
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