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Re: 301 points! and could have done more
The offer stood for every match in the regional including qualifying so money was technically involved throughout the whole competition. It only happened in the last match because every team agreed to try and beat the challenge as a sub goal.
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Re: 301 points! and could have done more
I can't speak for the other teams, but given the history of Steve Sanghi and the AZ regional event I would say yes, but I will let them speak for themselves.
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Oh ok, didnt know when the offer was put forth. But then the question begs, why was the monetary incentive needed to try to do that? If it would have happened without the money, then why was the money introduced? If it only would have happened with the money, then there's your answer.
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Edit... Btw, Steve Sanghi may be on the FIRST board of directors but he decided to set this challenge individually out of his own pocket. He technically has every right to spend his money how he sees fit. |
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I don't know, I wasn't in the decision making process between the two alliances. But I would guess that the blue alliance figured they were going to lose anyway and wanted to take Steve up on his challenge. If it was purely for the money I would guess it would have been done earlier in the tournament. Even though there was money attached, I truly believe they all did it for the challenge, the wanted to meet Steves challenge, money be damned. The Blue alliance wanted to go out with a bang and they almost pulled it off. Actually now that I am thinking about it, all this discussion is kind of a bang....
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No one did before because the money was not an incentive, that is the only reason I can come with...The challenge only became a reality when the it was the last time available to achieve it. I guess the two alliances wanted to take a real shot at it.
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I'm curious how finals match 3 would have been played if the other alliance had won during finals 2 and the challenge was still on the table...
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I just watch the match and then read the post. I think that was a poor lesson learned for $. I do not think the match was something to be proud of.
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Wanted to take a real shot at it, or take a real shot at a $500 consolation prize...
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I believe he meant more about the robots actually being able to score 200 points on both side. If you really think about it the 2 best alliances in the final couldn't pull it off so the odds of doing it for another random match isn't really realistic.
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I can't speak for Steve, but it probably was not his intentions to issue a challenge where the only way to do it was for both alliances to have to amend their normal game play. That being said, I personally wouldn't have resorted to this type of strategy to complete the challenge as in my opinion it is not genuine; to each their own I guess. |
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Hindsight is 20/20 but that doesnt show why no other matches didnt try this "strategy" to get the "Highest Score/$500."
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