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Originally Posted by Rich Kressly
1. Some folks care way too much about the robots and "winning" a game. Acting poorly like this after the fact shows a tremendous lack of class.
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I agree with you Rich, some people DO care way too much about "winning". BUT, I think you will notice, well at least for me (i assume I'm one of the people you're speaking about) that the people raising the issues had no particular interest in the outcome of the matches.
Personally, I have no affiliation with any of the teams on either alliance in the finals. I just want to see fair matches, across the board. One of the biggest problems with the competition in its current form is the variation in the reffing from one regional to the next. Some of the more travelled teams I'm sure can attest to being able to get away with something at one regional, and then being penalized for it at another. This is less of a problem here in Canada for the bulk of the Canadian teams, as GTR and Waterloo share a HUGE portion of the staff. Since its the same people, they get run in very similar fashion. I just wish the REST of FIRST could be this good at consistency.
I think its only fair for teams to expect to show up and play the game that was defined to them in the rules. Some of the discrepancies have led to play styles in some games (08 SVR comes to mind, but I'm sure there's others) which if teams knew from the start that they would be called that way, might have built their bot very differently.