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Re: A Request

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Originally Posted by maths222 View Post
I'm in no way disagreeing or agreeing with this statement (so don't read too much into my question), but I am just wondering what you mean by FTC being less "professional" and "together".
I'm referring chiefly to how FTC runs as a business vis-a-vis FRC and VEX. Supply chains, recruitment/retention of key professionals (employees or volunteers), customer service, contractor management, etc. It manifests in a lot of different ways, for instance in the gap between FTC and VEX events as discussed here. Also for instance, one might think that a program everyone endorses as being lower cost, easier to implement/spread, and generally more accessible than FRC would have a lot more students, right? How many more? 35,640 less. ...Having experienced the FTC/VEX split, it still seems like FTC is reeling from what they lost back then. VEX, at least outwardly, isn't. It's hard to recruit (teams and volunteers) into a program like the former.

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Originally Posted by popnbrown View Post
FRC events with the pipe and drape and giant screens are more "professional" than FTC events. Although, FRC district events are not that anymore (from what I can tell)...
YMMV: I've been to FRC off-seasons (a lot of them), to say nothing of districts (basically all of them), that are infinitely more professional and spectator-sport than any FTC qualifier I've attended. In terms of the view-of-field excitement, my experienced average regional/average district divide is essentially nonexistent--the cozier 'home game' feel actually appears to be a plus for district spectators. (As with everything, some of each are below par.)

This isn't to say that FRC and VEX don't have room to grow in these regards...I've spent like 20 minutes now trying to figure out how many VEX teams/students there even are, and don't get me started on FRC webcasts...
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