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Originally Posted by Billfred
I certainly don't want to celebrate a system where teams are coming to an event prepared to go off half-cocked because of a well-intentioned but constraining let's-give-everyone-a-chance policy.
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What is it with Americans, who celebrate mediocrity and want the losers to have an equal chance? Please. Work your butt off for six weeks, keep doing it until you have taught yourself how to be excellent, and go and instead of waiting for a handout.
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Originally Posted by EricH
1676 --Don Rotolo and crew will happily show you what a student-built robot can do.
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In fact, the extreme lack of mentors being ALLOWED to even touch the robot is causing some internal strife: Mentors want to have fun, too. 99.6% Student built. (The missing 0.4% relates to using the table saw. For safety, no kids, sorry).
But getting back to the OP's topic, 1676 is a 2-event winner, not in "the top 25", and on Newton. We've won our last four events, twice as top seed, and most recently one loss from being top seed.
Are we ready for Einstein? Not sure. You'd have to ask the students on the drive & technical teams. From outside - mentors are on the outside this time of year, we'll help if asked - it looks pretty good. 1114 is a threat, as usual, but you never know...
One last thing: That money does indeed come from somewhere. Stop by and we can chat about how we do it.