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Originally Posted by pfreivald
... The rulebook says that the goal is to win, ...
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pf - You aren't the only one who leaned on this broken crutch, you are simply the most recent.
The rule book says two almost diametrically opposed things. In an introductory section it says you should attempt to outscore your opponents in each match. In what I think (my opinion) is a more important section it says:
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The purpose of the qualifying matches is to allow each team to earn a seeding position that may qualify them for participation in the elimination matches. The purpose of the elimination matches is to determine the Event Champions.
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In related section the rules describe how to earn these seeding points.
Maximizing your wins will certainly help you comply with the introduction. Maximizing your seeding points will help earn a trophy from the folks who run the event. One of these seems more important to me. Your mileage may vary (obviously - just read the comments in this thread).
One group of folks wrote the rules - all of the rules. I find it odd that some readers will embrace the introduction; but will reject the connection between the seeding points and the title of event Champion. Maybe those sections use different fonts (one for the good rules and another for the bad rules)and my PDF reader is unable to show me the difference?
Weren't both sections of the rules produced by the same committee?
Blake
PS: Is this a case of evolve or die?
...the great teams in FRC will probably continue to be great teams. That is because they have great people who embrace the challenge rather than whine about it. - dtengineering [more] 
15-03-2010, 22:13
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