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Originally Posted by ThirteenOfTwo
I don't mean to insult them, because they really do have a great robot and a talented driver, and they completely deserved their win, but I felt that the level of aggressiveness that was displayed as a part of their strategy was questionable and should have been called.
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You are simply the latest to do this and by no means the most offensive, so I will apologize in advance for the fact that this is directed at your post. I am frankly tired of reading posts like these, and your post was just "the straw that broke the camel's back".
If you are going to post something, and you think it needs a phrase such as "I don't mean to insult them", or "no offense", or another disclaimer of the sort, please resist the temptation to click that button. Your post is almost certainly insulting or offensive, you know this already which is what caused you to add the disclaimer. Take a deep breath, wait a few days to let the emotions of the competition temper a bit, then if you still have a problem with a team address it in the appropriate manner, directly with that team. Many teams can be contacted via an email address on their website. You can also do a member search by team number here on CD and use the private message system to contact the team and ask for contact info for a mentor (if all you find is students or you can't tell if it is a student or mentor)
If you want the opinions of the community on a specific situation, rule, interpretation, or behavior, then please leave team numbers out of it. If you think your description will make it really obvious to people who you are talking about, consider using the FIRSTaholics Anonymous forum to mask what event you are talking about if that will help. What could possibly be gained by bringing team numbers into this type of discussion?