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Originally Posted by Alex Golec
During one of the award presentations, the speaker came up and said hello, and the crowd erupted in cheers. Not for him, but for the paper airplane that made it to the field. Why can't we cheer for him instead?
I'm also disappointed that the FIRST announcer didn't make any sort of request to ask that the planes stop. It clearly reached a problematic level, and they ignored the issue.
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Perhaps they understood that expecting tens of thousands of high school students to sit still for hours the way they had was a tad ridiculous.
I know that at the point where that particular speaker came up, they had already completely lost the crowd. Not just the students, but the parents and most all the mentors as well.
The structure is ridiculous. You don't want the airplanes? Ok. Have FIRST get a little more realistic about how they structure the awards, the matches, and all the numerous speeches.
You leave that many kids together with nothing to do, and they will find SOMETHING. They started with the wave, the roller coaster, and a dozen other things that I'm sure no one had any disagreement with. Leave them to their own devices though, and it's going to happen eventually.