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Rejections are not in the spirit of the game
Posted by Frank of team #97, Psychedelics, from CRLS sponsored by MIT.
Posted on 4/4/99 9:04 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: Addition to DEJA VU...all over again... posted by Jason on 4/4/99 8:27 PM MST:
So here are my thoughts on the whole situation. I went to the Detriot
regional with WildStang and helped them with some strategy stuff. I was
there when they were denied over and over again. I was there when a
team came up and said 'Do not pick us, we already have an alliance with
a lower seeded team.' And all that time, I thought how unlike the
spirit of FIRST that Dean and Woodie always talk about that behavior
really was. If you make it to the top, you should be able to pick
the robot that will best compliment yours...WildStang was seeded second
and got their thrid or fourth choice of a teammate. It was a great robot
nonetheless, but not the one that the strategy group had picked as the
best match. A lower team got an advantage by picking a 'better' team.
You have to remember that by denying teams so that a lower seeded team
can have a better alliance with robots that 'work together' and higher
seeded team will get shafted.
My basic point is that if you are good enough to make it to the top, you
should be able to pick your partner. And the only way someone should be
able to deny you should be if they choose not to be in the finals (i.e.
their robot is broken, etc). Teams in the bottom group should be
honored to go with whatever team chooses them.
That's my take on it..I think it will be a lot more friendly that way.
Frank Bentley
Team 97 MIT/CRLS '99
Team 111 WildStang '96-'98
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