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Originally Posted by Tottanka
just a comment about those things.
- Breaking a strong alliance is a tactic well known to FIRST and it has been used by very GP teams in previous years. It's a part of the competition, and just in the same way that you are "ashamed" someone didn't let them unite, i can say that there are people who are "ashamed" that teams decline invitations. If 1690 agreed, they might have won, who knows.
- Don't be so sure that this award should have been yours. It's not GP to say and even think so in my opinion. It's just an award and if you think you deserve it, it's far more important. If the Judges were so sure that this award belong to a team, that team would have received it.
- Call FIRST and ask for medallions. They will be provided, you fully deserve them.
- The firecracker issue has nothing to do with FIRST. You may go and tell the police about the incident. if you please.
- Who is 3076, and how the hell did they eat your food? and how are you sure it was them. The fact that they put some stickers around your pit and in it doesnt mean they ate your food. Do not be so quick to blame others.
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Liron, i'm very disappointed that a fellow Israeli FIRSTer decries our claims as if we invented them and as if it's our hobby to complain about "minor" stuff.
- About breaking alliances: we didn't want to break that alliance because we wanted the worse for others, it's because those teams bagged us not to, and we respected their request. There are things that are above winning in life. And who knows, maybe we wanted that alliance to be so that the Israel Regional will send the best bots to Atlanta and not the teams the scheme the best against others. from our POV, we did our best and got to the quarter's. Every match after that was a bonus. Call us naive, call us losers, but at least we have a clear conscience. If we did a mistake - that's our job as captains, to make the best and worst decisions for our team. If we did a mistake - next season our team gonna choose new captains that will shape 3088's ideals. It's the job of our youngsters to learn from our mistakes, but till then - that's the way we're gonna play. honest and clean.
- About the award: I checked the rules, i know what you need to do to achieve it. As far as i know, we were supposed to get it, check the game stats yourself. If I have a mistake - i'm deeply sorry and congrats to those who did won it. I mentioned the award just to emphasize what our team went through and still we didn't made a fuss about it in the event - that is GP.
- We sent an e-mail to Gal, i hope he'll answer soon. I know that our medallions are the last thing he is worried about these days...
- About the firecracker: like, HELLO?! didn't you read correctly when i said some of my friends got hurt?! of course everything that happens in FRC is under the responsibility of FIRST! What if someone would have gotten shot in the head and died? is that still fine by FIRST and only the police to investigate? I would really love to see team XXXX still in the competition in 2011 if it was found out, let's say, that one of the students was responsible for the death of someone else. Moreover, isn't it the job of security to verify that no ammo or dangerous equipment enters the competition area? i think that's at least the responsibility of FIRST...
(I know we signed something about they not responsible for our deaths but there's a limit ><)
- 3076 is Arad "Lynx". We know that they did what they did because we have EYES. Food: We were eating our pizza in our, right? than one of their teammates (their pit was next to our's) comes to our pit, in front of our eyes, grabs a slice and takes a bite out of it and leaves it where it was. we were in complete shock. it that a way to behave? is that GP?
I'm not so sure about the cans, though, but we did see a couple of their mates drink our limited edition Fanta cans in the pit and field (the cans were delivered directly and specially for our team from our sponsors). beats me how they got so rare cans while we lost ours...
Oh, and the stickers! when i say belongings, i don't mean "my bag that just lied there", oh no, i mean they come to my friends and just stick those on their shirts, pants, name tags, cellphones - while they still hold them!!! and again, while they undoubtedly refused to that! I'm seriously appalled by some of 3076 members' behavior. I thought that FIRST raises the elite of society. If that is our elite, we all should be very worried.