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Originally Posted by Chuck Glick
This is fine in theory, except for the fact that only few people actually READ and UNDERSTAND the manual. There are several posts now from people who don't understand why they moved up in rankings even though they got blown out in their last match. This is inexcusable. The GDC doesn't want people to "lawyer" the rules, but things like this are what make us have to.
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We're seeing a number of teams that haven't even got a fully functioning robot yet. They're struggling to make that work, not understand some esoteric rules that make no sense.
Even teams that are fully functioning and understand the "coopertition" and excessive penalties, want to win. It's human nature to want to win. Try telling your teenage drivers to stop scoring and let the other alliance catch up.
Plus, it's confusing to spectators who are struggling to understand the game that we've had seven weeks to figure out. How do we sell a game to the public where winning is a secondary goal?
I liked the mechanics of this years game, but the rules have spoiled it for me. It may get corrected somewhat after the first week, but how fair is that to those who play in the first week of regionals?