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Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008
Not a good day for FIRST at SVR.
I'm afraid the finals controversy will overshadow what this event is supposed to be - a celebration of accomplishment for all of the teams at the event.
Field-side decisions are taking away from the purity of competition. FIRST should be able to rationally resolve the outcome of the match based on what occurs on the field. If an end-game rule is misinterpreted i.e. <G14>, the error should be corrected and the final score should reflect the correct application of the rule.
Unless further explanation can be offered, I just don't see "do-over" as the proper resolution of this situation.
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2003 AZ: Semifinals, Motorola Quality; SoCal: Q-finals, Xerox Creativity; IRI: Q-finals
2004 AZ: Semifinals, GM Industrial Design; SoCal: Winners, Leadership in Controls; Championship: Galileo #2 seed, Q-finals; IRI: Champions
2005 AZ: #1 Seed, Xerox Creativity; SoCal: Finalist, RadioShack Controls; SVR: Winners, Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technologies"; Championship: Archimedes Semifinals; IRI: Finalist
2007 LA: Finalist; San Diego: Q-finals; CalGames: Finalist || 2008 San Diego: Q-finals; LA: Winners; CalGames: Finalist || 2009 LA: Semifinals; Las Vegas: Q-finals; IRI: #1 Seed, Finalist
2010 AZ: Motorola Quality; LA: Finalist || 2011 SD: Q-finals; LA: Q-finals || 2013 LA: Xerox Creativity, WFFA, Dean's List Finalist || 2014 IE: Q-finals, LA: Finalist, Dean's List Finalist
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