Collusion at the championship event?

[Amanda Morrison]

Originally posted by Abwehr
...which is why we picked them. How is that in any way collusion?

These two teams are as noble as any in FIRST...one is a national Chairman's winner, the other a regional Chairman's winner. They win through skill and luck, the way it is supposed to be. And if you saw their robots, you'd understand why they did so well.

That isn't collusion at all, and people shouldn't assume that it is.

There have been multiple instances every year of competition where a bot might be excellent in both strategy and gameplay, and get picked (or win) several regionals. In 2001 Beatty won both the West Mich Regional and the MMR, and then won the national title. That doesn't mean that they colluded... it just means that they had a good bot and people knew it.