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Westtown MAR District Won on Eliminations Tiebreaker Rules
We, along with our awesome alliance partners 1640 and 1391 (both event hosts  ), won the Westtown MAR District yesterday with a tied score of 145 against 4954, 341, and 484 in the second finals match. The outcome ended up being decided by the 3rd-order tiebreaker of autonomous points (manual section 5.4.4, table 5-3). I think this makes complete sense, but I did get a lot of negative opinions from people who thought that was unfair, cheap, or just dumb, and that a tie in elims should always just be decided by another match. Of course, you can't change the manual, but do you think the manual should include tiebreaker rules, or should it always be a replay?
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2016 Competition Results (Co-captain, Driver, and Lead Programmer; Junior)
Springside-Chestnut Hill District Event - WINNER / #2 Seed, #1 Seed's First Pick / Gracious Professionalism Award
Westtown District Event - WINNER / #1 Seed / Industrial Design Award
MAR District Championship - WINNER / #1 Seed / Industrial Design Award / Dean's List Finalist Award (Me)
World Championship, Carson Subdivision - QUARTERFINALIST / #3 Seed, #2 Seed's First Pick
Indiana Robotics Invitational - FINALIST / #14 Seed, #2 Seed's Second Pick
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