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Re: Silicon Valley Regional 2008

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Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII View Post
This whole game is terrible...

I hate it more and more each time we play it.... Its entirely decided by penalties. You can't tell who's winning. The rules are ambiguous and are poorly enforced....

I'm glad 2024 qualified for Atlanta. They truly deserve it. I hope team 8 will make it too... (This was team 192's last regional)

I think we made a lot of enemies today, even though we did nothing to anyone... I'd like to say sorry to alliance #2, and would hope that our teams continue to work together and help each other out.
I don't think the game concept is bad, the inequities arising from penalty calls (or non-calls) are the issue. The referees have an unenviable job and are bound to make errors on some judgment calls in real-time. Where the rules and their interpretation is involved, the rule book, FTA or higher levels of authority are available for clarification. For some reason, this process wasn't effective at the SVR.

Your alliance shouldn't feel responsible for the way this played out. As uncomfortable as this all seems, I doubt that any hard feelings will persist between the teams involved. It's unfortunate that both alliances left the field suffering the consequences of those events. It's done, some lessons will be learned and we'll all move on.

As trivial as this may sound now, remember that everyone who participated in the SVR was a winner. You should feel proud of what your team has accomplished.
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