Ahh, organizations that collect money can be inspirational, but the the KKK, some might not teach the best*.

It might be my idea of teaching, but last time I payed attention, my book didn't say that everytime we beat someone at a problem, we wack them on the side of the head. And when we come up to the board, we arn't pummled with paper when we get one wrong. It might be my FIRST beliefs and ideas, but I still think BB and BBIQ cannot and will not compet on the same level as FIRST. It is still skewn with the idea that it's made for distruction. It dosn't matter if CC or BB did it. It's a fact. People watch not to the the sportsmanship and compassion in the pits, they watch to see robots hammared, riped, torn, and inhilated.

* I AM NOT SAYING THAT BB IS LIKE THE KKK. It's just an orginazation that collects money and teaches in awful ideas.

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yeah, a great deal of people who watch the CC version of BB do it for the destruction, and no matter what network it's on, many of them still will. I think that if that entertaining destruction is mixed in with some inspiring stuff, these people will at least realize how great (the FIRST kind of great) robotics can be. Hopefully many will be inspired to research robotics competitions (for the right reasons), from which both BB and FIRST will profit. More and more of the general public has to be sucked, err, inspired in by the growing competitions, right? Yeah, most people who fail at creating a good product aren't crushed into tiny bits, but their product generally (in a perfect world!) is eliminated. And if people see that the builders are still good friends afterwards, not many people would consider it a hateful preschool-level rivalry like you seem to be saying.

Hey as long as you get something out of it does it really matter how you do it?
How is battlebots selfish??