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Re: New Poll
Posted by Lewis Sussman.

Coach on team #95, Lebanon Robotics Team, from Lebanon NH HS, Hanover NH HS, Hartford VT HS and CRREL/CREARE.

Posted on 6/19/2000 7:56 AM MST


In Reply to: Re: New Poll posted by Erin on 6/19/2000 6:57 AM MST:



Thanks for the replies, Jimmy and Erin. Erin, this post was in response to a poll asking whether we thought alliances were a good thing, several weeks ago. Just for the sake of discussion, here's my response. Jimmy, please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the alliances for the qualifying rounds pre-deterimined? In that case, if we knew what they were from the start, negotiations could be taking place during the matches, not in between, so there would be no additional time needed. Erin, I think the 'seat of the pants' factor is rampant during the competitions anyway, what with 'bots breaking down constantly and never quite knowing what the opposing alliance is going to throw at you. I feel that in the real world, the ability to communicate well, with an open mind to all possibilities, creatively, is a valuable skill that should be encouraged and not compressed. Think of it as two competing engineering companies deciding to pool their resources to solve a problem which has some overarching benefit to society. I'd like to see these skills explored in more depth at First competitions. Not to disparage scouting. I just think that scouting is something different.


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