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Originally Posted by Alex2614
Very very disappointed in this decision. I will definitely be sending a letter to FIRST. Many participants and I always walk away from St. Louis in a bad mood, especially after ALL of the events on Saturday (not just the finale, even though that's a major aspect of our disappointment). Will post letter later on. Thoughts? Anybody actually like St. Louis (those that have been to championships outside of St. Lous, like Atlanta or Texas)?
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Can you specify what your complaints were. I have never been to champs (yet...), but judging from what I've read in this thread, not everybody agrees that St. Louis is bad, and very few people hate it. The way you wrote your post kind of assumes that almost everybody who is reading it would agree with you, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Also, don't let the details take away from the entire experience. At an event the magnitude of championships, it is impossible to make everything perfect. And it doesn't make things any better that everybody who attends expects the event to be perfect and absolutely amazing in every way, because of how much effort they put into getting there. The reality is that championships, no matter how hard FIRST tries and how much money is put into it, will never live up to its expectations. Sure, there are things that FIRST can improve upon (like the finale), but in the end we need to be happy with what we get. The championships are supposed to be culmination of all the sweat and tears that teams put into their robots. It is up to you to enjoy it as that. You can love it for what it is, or hate it for what it isn't. The choice is yours.