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Originally Posted by pfreivald
I have. "Team XXXX has reached over [number that has exceeded a million] people throughout their blah blah" in the awards announcement has been true for several years in a couple of states.
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I'm not complaining; it is what it is, and part of advertising is spin...but I wouldn't encourage my team to do it.
All I'm saying is that yes, it absolutely happens, and is common.
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I never said it didn't happen, just that I didn't notice it as a problem. I then theorized as to why that might be. Apologies if that was unclear. It may be common in your region but that doesn't mean it's common in others.
On a related note, my team runs the robotics demos at the Minnesota State Fair, which had over 1.5 million attendees. There are about thirty teams that compete or otherwise present at the Fair, and I've never heard any of them use it as "exposing FIRST to over 1.5 million people," despite the fact that the competitions and presentations at the Fair have been going on for almost five years now. Make of that what you will.