controversial opinion?

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Posted by Andy Baker.

Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 7/15/99 10:28 PM MST


In Reply to: No...I don't...anymore =) posted by Daniel on 7/15/99 4:26 PM MST:



My guess is this:

FIRST let teams score this way (and will in the future a similar way, I assume) to level the playing field between teams.

Much like the addition of the Human Player years ago, FIRST tries to give rookie teams, and teams with minimal resources, a fighting chance to at least score points.

Remember the thoughts of some of those rookie teams 192 was up against at the NASA Ames Regional? You guys were playing within the rules, and they still claimed foul (at least that's what I heard). Don't get me wrong, you guys were doing the right thing, in my opinion (just look at us :-)).

Anyway, my take is that a team should have some sort of way to score some points in a conservative way. That way, they are not shut out every match.

Andy B.