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I was working as a volunteer during the allience picking, I was actually sitting behind the scoring table, and I noticed how frantically FIRST was trying to correct the mistake.

When I first saw my team up on the scoreboard as 8th seed... I did doubt that it could have been true (because I did know we were 16th). But if it was a reality, my real concern was "oh crap! does my team know who to pick?!?"

I only wish that when FIRST told us to "disregard what is on the board" that they told us specifically who to disregard, or take the board down completely my shutting it off or going to another screen. I have a feeling that teams were still using it as a tool because they knew it was "half true."

I agree that there is no proof that my team would have been picked otherwise. I believe that the big reason we seeded so high was because we were allied with decent teams during most of our matches. Also, out of the teams that WERE picked to play Saturday afternoon... I didn't think that any of them didn't diserve to be there, they all had good robots as well.

Neither my views nor Mike's represent the views of our entire team, and I apologize if any of you are misunderstanding our arguement. I know on a first-hand basis that FIRST is trying to be as fair as possible to everyone but that they are only human and mistakes do happen. An apology is always appreciated, but demanding an apology almost makes recieving one pointless. No doubt that the FIRST staff are also trying to live up to the "gracious professionalism" ideal, and although there is too much going on for them to express their apologies individually, they do still intend to make everything as fair as possible.

I only hope that this incident will be prevented in next weekend's regionals and at nationals so that other teams may have a fair chance. As well with the "light color" problem and the "purosely tipping other teams" rule. Actually... I do know that FIRST staff will try to correct these problems. Refs have a lot to think about during the matches and sometimes things slip, and after working a long day on the field, sometimes things just become unnoticed. It is unfortunate, but it is only human error. But I do believe that if something is mentioned to them... they will take action (aka: light color thing)

By the way, congragulations to the teams who did win Philadelphia... it was a very fun event.

ByE

erin
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