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I love rejections, but it doesn't make sence this year!
Posted by Daniel.

Coach on team BORG (Berkeley Operational Robotics Group) from Berkeley High School sponsored by (working on the sponsor, too).

Posted on 1/10/2000 9:12 PM MST


In Reply to: No Rejects posted by colleen on 1/10/2000 8:31 PM MST:



I know my opinion on this issue is very controversial because it WAS last time. But here it is:

I don't see why, if the #1 seed is really the best robot out there, that their first choice wouldn't want to work with them. Everyone seemingly wants so very much to win, so why would somebody throw that away for anything other than a good reason? Rejections were originally the factor that countered the 'luck' issue in determining seed. For example, if a team was really third best but they won #1 seed from some fluke, teams who know themselves to be the best pick will hold out to be picked by the 'best' team. This gets us what we want! A first place alliance of the best two robots! I was never truly convinced that teams don't deserve the right to reject an alliance request.

HOWEVER...

This year it's much less likely that teams will be seeded out of order. Last year, one lucky 540 or anything close would raise a team by thousands of qualifying points. This was just silly! One match could mean the difference between 9th seed and 1st seed. That should never be the case. This year, the likelihood of one match making the difference for a team is very low. Scores don't go up exponentially like they used to. No multipliers.

SO...

I don't forsee much need to reject. FIRST may as well make it impossible.

Any thoughts?
-DL


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