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Originally Posted by Wing
Also, to end the debates about the weak vs strong regionals: Peachtree is probably the weakest in terms of competition (save for 2415, 1311, and 1771), but that's because the FIRST culture here is a bit different. most teams here do it for engineering experience and such, and competitive play is not a huge priority for Georgia FIRST. Why did I mention this? To each his own interpretation of FIRST.
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At the risk of going off topic, I'm going to reply to this by saying that I don't think it's as much how we value FIRST as much as it is about how the relative playing field compares to a team's respective robot.
A lot of the playing field is fairly even, so I think when a team sees their robot as effective as 70-80 percent of the other robots, there's a sense of complacency.
However, with the rise of regional powerhouses, such as our "Top 3", this pushes teams to go out and get better to simply stay competitive, and I believe this pushes a region to become better.
- Sunny G.