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Originally Posted by santosh
Being around in 2007 really won't be that big of an advantage. In 2007 Andrew and I were on 1002 as seniors in high-school. Since then, we helped to start and now help mentor 2415. Most kids and many mentors from 07 are not even doing FRC anymore. chiefdelphi is the great equalizer bc it allows everyone to look at old designs. All in all, being in first in 07 will not give older teams nearly as much of an advantage over younger teams as people think.
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Of course if a team doesn't have anyone from 2007 around, then they might not have an advantage as if a team that has a mentor/student that was around in 07.
And saying that being in FIRST in 07 gives you no advantage this year is wrong. Teams like 148, 254, etc have just gone back and appended onto their design, as has our team. A lot of people went back to '07 and said that wall slot loading isn't important, you won't need to worry about popped tubes, etc. Are you saying that being around in '07 wouldn't have helped in these determinations?
Of course, this in no way excludes teams that don't have any '07 experience. There is no limit to innovation.
- Sunny