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Originally Posted by Tottanka
Everyone,
This is not the "top 25 Lunacy robots" thread, this is the "top 25 in FRC" thread, pleace try rememering that, and thus said, with all due respect, it's hard for me to see why 2753 is in that list, no rookie should be there, maybe only one who wins the Chamiponship all star.
People keep thinking that this list is supposed to somehow "predict" who wins, or rank teams by how well they perform in Lunacy - well, it's not the purpose of this list, and i can say that i had "performance", as a less important consideration than others.
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I, like many others, take issue with this thread.
You say that the current game has no bearing on the rankings, yet this list is apparently based off week 1, hence the title of this thread.
Also, if this list has nothing to do with performance, then what criteria is being used? The Championship Chairman's Award is given to the "best" team, but many of those teams are not frequent competitors on Einstein or in regional finals. Which definition of "best" are you using? The definition applying only to robot performance, or the one applying to the team's impact on FIRST as a whole?
Assuming that you are using the former definition, are the people submitting these lists from various regions? People tend to always think that their region is better, due to both familiarity with the teams in question, as well as general regional pride (a quick example--when watching college sports, I always root for Big East in nonconference games). Since I'm from NJ and was at that regional, I'd probably tend to rank teams like 2753 higher than other teams from other week 1 regionals because I watched them perform firsthand.
I know you said that this list was "just for fun," but you can't expect people not to question the integrity of the list. We don't expect anybody to be all-knowing, but we'd at least like to see some fact-based evidence for the placement of the teams on the list.
Also, a side note, you may want to reconsider your thoughts on 2753. They are a rookie to FRC, but not to FIRST. They won the FTC championships last year. There is nothing in your explanation of this list indicating that rankings are solely based on FRC involvement.