Thank You, Team 217

[AnonymousNewton]

Originally Posted by EricH

If a team does not think that they are fixable, the team does not think that they are fixable. End of Story.

If some members of that team think otherwise, and effect a fix, and do not successfully communicate that fact to the rest of the team, the team has a severe internal communication problem. AFAIK, 217 does not have such an internal communication problem. Therefore, it is to be assumed that while perhaps some members of the team were trying to fix the robot, even they thought that they would not be ready in time for eliminations, and requested that nobody pick them.

However, the only way to guarantee not being picked is to decline a pick. If you think someone might be bluffing, call their bluff. If you don't call it, and it bites you, then that's your problem.

This is fair. The long and short of it is that a mentor from 227 told us that their robot was broken beyond repair and to cross us off our list. End of.

Someone earlier said something along the lines of "since when do teams take other team's scouting information?" I forgot to address this, but I have seen teams sharing scouting info all over the place. There are editable google docs for community scouting information, and we had multiple teams in our pit volunteering electronic stats and info throughout this week -- which is great.

Why would we have any reason to distrust another alliances scouting info or word? We're all gracious professionals, no? While it may have been advantageous to "call their bluff," we shouldn't have to resort to such measures.