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Boo hoo
Wouldn't it be funny if a rookie team spent a couple weeks determining what they believe is the best strategy, but my veteran team simply found it on the forum in a day or two and copied it. What a great lesson that would be for my team's students. Don't run through all the scenarios on your own, simply look at what other teams have done, and take it for yourself.
Of course, designing isn't the only science and technology related career FIRST hopes to inspire, but I believe the experience is somewhat tainted if your team runs with a design that the team didn't originate. I've seen so many posts about how much better a student-run operator team / coaching team is. What if the students have no input on the design, but merely take it off the forum? Better yet, what if the students have no input on the design because a mentor simply takes it off the forum?
Let's all try to come up with our own solution that we believe is best. Beatty had a great design last year. It was clearly one of the best designs and strategies. How enjoyable would the competition have been if they spent the first week posting about their strategy and robot? How many teams would have simply said "Well, I guess that makes sense. Let's do that." Not quite the learning experience and spirit of the competition that was intended, IMHO.
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