Gracious Professionalism?

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In this thread entitled Elitist Teams, http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...hreadid=105021, Paul Copioli had this to say:

"Unfortunately, incidents like the one the OP mentioned will happen and the more we communicate about it, the less misunderstanding we will have."

Now this was pertaining to another matter questioning a teams gracious professionalism. It was because of that thread I decided to start this thread. And Mr Copioli's comment still applies here.

Originally Posted by elemental

Perhaps the team that told you their robot was broken did so because they thought they would cause more problems for your alliance than help it.

Apparently they told more than just my team. The rumor appears to have been making the rounds.

Originally Posted by pfreivald

when I heard this rumor before elims started I did something crazy -- I went and spoke with them about what I heard. The response was, "Yeah, we have a broken joystick. It cuts out intermittently, and it's been a problem all weekend."

They were as surprised as anyone that they were picked in spite of this problem -- and it's wonderful that they contributed well to their alliance throughout eliminations.

I would think a joystick problem would be easy to fix. Unplug one and plug another one in. There were no pit announcements I heard regarding a team needing a joystick.

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Odds are the number 1 seed didn't know about the issue, picked them, and fixed the problem over lunch or said team told everyone but the number 1 seed that they were broken because the number 1 seed said they would pick them if they were still around.

A good way to ensure you are still around is to tell any other teams who could potentially pick you that you are broken.