[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by maths222

I'm trying to understand why the lack of information on team history makes FTC inferior. Events are actually listed fairly accurately on the FIRST website. One of the main reasons that it is harder to find the information is because FTC events are not on the scale of an FRC regional; instead, there are more events, each with its own organizers and flavor. As a result of the smaller scope of each event, FIRST is less directly involved in each one, and it is up to the event organizers, in large part, to ensure that team performance information is preserved. The events are actually orgainzed, in general, very well by the tournament organizers; the main difference with FRC is that organizing events does not begin at the top in Manchester. This year, a move towards making this information accessible has begun with TheYellowAlliance.net, which should grow in the coming years. [/RANT]

Disclaimer: I am a proud FTC participant who has traveled to the World Championships for 4 years; however, I am also very familiar with FRC through ChiefDelphi.

Information about the event and teams is important to the public perception of the program. FRC is very thorough with information about statistics at the event. Match results. Information about how much the teams have scored and how they scored it and links to teams websites. I ave found no such thing for FTC or their teams. If you can't be forthcoming about who you guys are and what you do why should I care? I need more than some impassioned plea on a messageboard.