[ratdude747]

Originally Posted by Seathan93

1. The "true" message of FIRST is great, but it does not need to be repeated 200000 times.
2. Go back to more competition, you're beginning to lack in the competitive part of coopertition.
3. Enough of the shameless advertising. FIRST is not about the robots, great, but it's not about the politics either, nor is it about FIRST, it's about the future and inspiring our generation, and the next one.
4. Robotics is nerdy. The sooner that is accepted, and embraced, the sooner FIRST can confidently attract others to the program. Nothing says "nerds, beware" like a sign saying "hehehe, it's not nerdy"
5. You were on a good track with the "spectator friendly" game breakaway, continue on that track.

1. agreed.

2. agreed. the coopertion i think is a shot to the foot. for gaining publicity. If you want FIRST to be come adopted as a sport, then there MUST be competion. thats what most people want to see. GP is great off the field, but on the field it should be a show of who has the best bot. you know you have a bad ranking system when boxes on wheels end up as a allaince captains

3. agreed.

4. i think you have it half right. robotics can be nerdy but is not always nerdy. we need to accept that we can be nerds but also accept that we not always nerds. FIRST needs to as well.

5. agreed. i think games should be:

1. easy to get the basic concept of
2. a good mix of offence AND defense
3. challenging
4. simple fielded and using easy to find game pieces (to ease up build season)
5. setup so there are no sudden death situation other than red cards (like heavy endgame bonuses)