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Re: Rejections are not in the spirit of the game

Posted by Daniel, Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M Gunn Senior High School and NASA Ames.

Posted on 4/5/99 12:54 AM MST


In Reply to: Re: Rejections are not in the spirit of the game posted by Tom Vanderslice on 4/4/99 9:29 PM MST:



I think you underestimate FIRST. Just because what they do in sports works, you can't assume that FIRST wouldn't come up with something better. Here's my opinion:

After only 6 QMs, the top 16 seeds won't necessarily be the top 16 robots, and even if by some chance they are, the robots certainly won't be in the correct order. The process FIRST has devised allows for the most deserving of the top 16 to pair with the most deserving of the non-qualified 'bots. This eliminates the randomness of the seeding process. Besides, just because a team isn't seeded in the top 16, that doesn't mean they aren't one of the best robots. A very good defensive robot could be seeded 63rd and still well deserve to do a little choosing of it's own. It all depends on how you play. But I digress, the point I was trying to bring across was that you shouldn't focus too much on the downsides, because when you don't it becomes clear that FIRST was implemented this rule with the deliberate attempt at making the game fair, which is really the main issue. Don't you think?

One last thing: we've done this before, maybe this time we can follow through and not let this thread die prematurely just to be resurrected in a week.

FIRST, if you're out there...good job!

-Daniel Lehrbaum
GRT Student Co-Captain



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