Value & Credibility of 4th robots on an Alliance

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Originally Posted by g_sawchuk

An ALLIANCE is, as defined by the manual:
a set of up to four (4) FIRST Robotics Competition Teams who play FIRST STRONGHOLD together

As far as I'm concerned, that's the end of the discussion. If the manual says the 4th bot is part of the alliance, then they are. I do think that right now the 4 bot alliance puts the 4th bot in an awkward spot of feeling unworthy and needing to justify why they deserve the win, but people do the same thing to the 3rd bot as well. I do think that something needs to change, whether it's just a culture shift or a change to the system, but overall I like the 4 bot alliance and the potential strategy opportunities. I wish that DCMPs would change to the 4 bot alliances as well.