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Re: Placing Blame

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Originally Posted by ExarKun666 View Post
On your team, who's fault is it when something goes wrong?
On our team, when something goes wrong, it is the fault of everyone on the team. Everyone on the team has the responsibility to back up everyone else, to double-check each other's work, and make sure that things are going right.

The rationale for this is simple. If everyone on the team gets to go up to the stage and enjoy the limelight when the team wins an animation award (for example), then everyone on the team must also share in the responsibility when someone forgets to plug the drive motors into the control system and we sit motionless for an entire match. We succeed as a team, and we fail as a team. If something goes wrong, it is the responsibility of everyone on the team to spot the problem, identify the solution, and get it fixed. On a team, saying "it's not my job" is simply not acceptable.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

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