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Originally Posted by davidthefat
Well I was hoping that the competition was soley based on points and stuff, all numbers, not people's opinions on our robots. I didn't like that fact that the judges did not judge on points but on the word of mouth of the teams. And for the finals, the teams chose teams, I think it should have been random teams out of the top 15 or something.
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Two things.
In regard to the awards (which I believe you are referring to with the judges). First, if you read the disciption of the awards, most of them include the requirement of the team being able to communicate and explain how it works. Secondly, once you apply to colleges and then to jobs, being able to explain and market yourself is extremely important. They do not soley 'go by the numbers' (gpa, test scores...). Like everything in life, opinion matters. In this sense, the awards are actually very 'professional'.
In regards to alliance selection, I can understand how it seems silly to have the teams pick their partners. In the past, teams were paired up based on their rankings. But, picking your partners is a huge reward to those teams that were the best on Friday and Saturday morning. I think it would be silly not to reward those teams and do it randomly.
I urge you to give FIRST another try.