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Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman
I don't blame the better teams for using the rules to their advantage, but what in the heck is FIRST thinking in believing that this practice holds any type of positive outcome for the program?
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I have long since given up on that question. There are some things that I have just stopped arguing because there are bigger battles to fight. Now my only expectation is that the rules are clear and consistent. I don't much care what the rules are. My students are still having fun, are inspired, and learning stuff. When they stop is when I stop doing FIRST. Until then, these little rules just don't matter. Don't get me wrong, I think it's dumb to have the scoring the way it is, but it is what it is and it isn't that bad.
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If you would just humour my curiousity: if such a scenario were to arise, and your opponents knowing your proposed strategy offered to play for the tie instead, would you accept such an offer, or do you believe it to be too risky?
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Please do not misunderstand, I will not collude with the opposition. We will lock down our goals without any prior warning to the other alliance. Think of it as a hostile, or forced, 6 v. 0.