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Thinking outside of the box.
Challenging the status quo.
Unique perspective.

That is the history of 842. That may be why they receive so much attention in and outside of the FIRST community.

The Coconuts, 2486, have yet to be awarded the championship Chairman's award, but they sure have a most impressive regional Chairman trophies.

All but one team at the Arizona regional were Arizona teams. Many have a long history of working together... Kinda one big 50 member family.

As a result, it is not too surprising to see something unique, innovative and controversial arise when these teams strategize.

What they did was legal, ethical in the judgement of the six participating teams and very entertaining to the audience, including officials from Go Daddy and other potential supporters of FIRST.

I think it was a smart move. At least it gave us something to think about and challenge our conventional views on why we are involved in FIRST.