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Originally Posted by Abrakadabra
Yes - my feelings exactly! In a game that is meant to showcase precise robot engineering and manipulation skills, the noodles just seem like a cheap distraction.
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This.
FIRST is an alternative to sports in my mind, a way for students who are interested in science, math, and engineering to have their own "place." They spent six weeks building robots, and then (at least at our event) all the fan's and media's attention went to a tall athletic guy who could throw things well. That's pretty much just any other high school activity now. (And 4/13 students on my team are athletes, so I'm not anti-sports in general.)
Sure, I suppose it is a realistic picture of the world the students will enter, but I thought FIRST was about changing the culture.