2019#06 Playing by the rules

Four teams competing in a December FLL qualifier were all well prepared for their robot game and received the top 4 robot game scores of the 24 teams at the event.  They each thoroughly read the rules though had chose different priorities, so only 2 of these 4 teams with the top scores were able to advance to the regional championship.

1. The judges were most impressed with The Tenacious Trojans when they demonstrated their innovative robot opening up a trap door to deliver one of the mission models from base to its field position.  They received the Robot Design award but since they chose not to do the Core Values poster which hurt their overall ranking, it knocked them out of advancing to the championship.
2. The Erudite Echos spent all of their time on their Robot Game and it showed in their Robot Score which was the highest score at the qualifier.  However, they were able to do this because they did not complete a Project so were not eligible to receive any award including the Robot Performance Award.
3. The team that won the 1st Place Champions Award, which is the only award that guarantees advancement to the regional championship, scored 55 points lower than the team that won the Robot Performance Award.  This is because they gave equal attention to the Project and Core Values area of the competition which some of the other teams neglected.
4. The Saavy Spartans scored higher in the Robot Game than the Magnanimous Muses.  The Saavy Spartans were also the other team that advanced because they were strong in Project and Core Values as well which covers 50% of the judging criteria.
   
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