Do you like the seeding system?

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Originally Posted by keericks

Amen brother! My previous rant didn't quite get to that point - but I'm glad you had the courage to point it out. AGREED!

Thanks, last time I pointed this out (in 2009) my inbox was full of hate mail within a few days!

So to address some of my criticism on this forum, yes, I did think that last year's game also had elements of socialism in it.

To address other comments:

Rizner - I personally don't think the idea was to reward someone who doesn't produce very much, but instead rank teams in a way which takes into account how difficult their opponents are, which the previous ranking system didn't do.
Is this the right way to do that? Probably not, but I think that's what GDC's (or whoever made the final seeding decision's) goal was.

@Rizner - Once again, great intentions, but terrible implementation.

artdutra04 - So the scoring system is a nationalized institution owned by the government paid for by taxes on all citizens for the general public good (not unlike the police, firefighters, public libraries, public education, mass transit, Interstate highways and the military)?

I don't like the new scoring system, but socialism it is not.

@artdutra04 - I understand that this doesn't look exactly like socialism, but the philosophy/reason behind the rules has its roots in socialism.

My suggestion is that FRC teams should draft an open letter to FIRST outlining our concerns.