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Re: Building just isn't a priority anymore

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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256 View Post
What I would suggest doing-at the competition and during the build season-is setting up some clear, understandable rules to everyone. Say, if you're not doing x, or if you do y instead of z, then you're off the team. You have 50 people on your team, I'm sure that getting rid of some people won't hurt. As for the competitions, I suggest having a responsible student or so to control the people there. Tell them and the people in the stands that if the person finds you're not doing something, you're sent out of the stands. I know some teams that don't allow students to even come to the competition if they don't do what they're supposed to do.

All in all, you need to take control over your team, via the lead mentor on your team. Set down some sturdy rules, and most importantly, enforce them.
We completely agree with you on this. But heres the problem: They're all friends. They think we're all jerks because we don't care about being obnoxious in the stands. They go on bike rides, they have parties, they go laser tagging, they have their own drama circles, they do everything but focus on what the main part of FIRST is about (Science and Technology)

What they think when chains snap or the gears wear out, they think "Oh, the builders will just fix it they know what to do" and rely on that. Newsflash! There's going to be max 4 people building next year's robot. (If we're lucky). Sooner or later theres going to be no one to rely on, and none of them realize this and don't try to learn or go to the seminars. Half of them didn't, and still don't know what "Autonomous" means after we won a regional this year, and made the quarter finals in the other two.

I honestly have no hope for next season.
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