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Originally Posted by Steve W
Only one other person has disagreed with the system and I will be the second. In what world do you get/deserve awards for losing. In a game you either win or don't. The way it was last year and years before the was still ranking points for ties with win/loss records. Yet I see on this thread that maybe we should give the losers more points to show that they tried.
Be honest everyone. Did you not find that the elimination rounds were a lot more interesting and competitive than the qualifying matches? Not just because of the teams playing but because we all knew that you had to win.
I guess that I am tired of the "we need to make everyone feel good" approach to life. If we don't work hard, compete hard and strive to be the best then why should we expect to get rewarded? If I am getting rewarded for getting something I didn't work for then I don't feel right about it.
In the working world you will not be rewarded because you showed up. If you don't produce you will be pounding the streets looking for another job.
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But in what world is every situation a Win or Lose situation? Doesn't everything vary to a degree with the opportunity costs that the choices and actions entail? It makes each match have a little more real worldly in my opinion.
I loved the seeding system because it left room for recovery, every team will go out and lose communication with there robot at least once this year, but if they have a chance to recover from it with each match, as to work up to overtaking the weaker teams ranked above them, then that is the way it should be. I personally believed that at the three events I attended that the Original top 8 was correct with only a single robot that didnt belong there. Although not in the right order necessarily. But the system is design to put the top 8 best offensive robots out selecting. Which it accomplished almost flawlessly.
Side comment: At The West Michigan District with the top 16 selections in the Alliance Selections, the top 16 ranked robots were picked or were captains. AND the top 5 alliances chose the robot ranked directly below them.
I believe if the Seeding System can rank like a picks list (Through the 1st round at least) then it was doing its job of finding the best.