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Originally Posted by Chexposito
I agree, with you. They seem to be doing the say one thing and do another. From what i've done with non-FRC robotics VEX is clearly the better. FTC is really expensive with the TETRIX stuff. VEX is nice to work with it's the closer of the two to a FRC type event in customization, etc. I like Victors more too because they don't have an over-current fault state. Jaguars do and trigger before a breaker, which means for my team, no arm going up on a Jaguar. Probably got a little too specific there, but I agree that FIRST isn't holding up their own ideals.
Thank you for making FRC Spyder. It is the best thing ever, especially at competition. When pit admin. decided to announce to not use it, we all just looked at each other like "are they kidding us?". FRC Spyder at world championships was 100% about everything. I don't know what many teams would do without it. The normal scrolling thing FIRST has on the flat screens failed and they just scrolled through a webpage and they wonder why we use this awesome, not failing app.
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These are all the same issues that a lot of us brought up when they first announced the switch to Tetrix. Its a shame that our concerns about judging bias are true and being brought up in front of students. Not only is it disrespectful to the teams who work their hardest to promote STEM education through any media possible, but it is also greatly disrespectful to the students who participate in the VRC competitions.
The issue should be/ NEEDS to be addressed and brought up to FIRST's face.
One of the more articulated post on the subject by Rich Kressly:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...51&postcount=9
and
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...21&postcount=5
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