Thread: This year's "game" is a job, not a game
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Re: This year's "game" is a job, not a game
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Originally Posted by James1902 View Post
I'm not a fan of the game and I think that certain aspects of it, if adopted long term, could harm the FIRST program. I think a game that (in my opinion) doesn't engage an audience of non-engineers in the same way that a sporting event does is contrary to FIRST's goals. Because of this, and because I want FIRST to continue to inspire and engage students, I will make my opinions known.
I agree. The point of FIRST is SOCIAL engineering, not technical engineering. It's to attract students who would never give STEM another look. When its exciting its successful.

This year after I've seen a good bot in a couple of matches, I'm done watching them, even 1114. I never got tired of watching 254 fly around the field last year (to our chagrin.) Being exceptionally good at repeating a routine does not make for a great sporting event.

And I make these posts about this year's game, in very specific ways, hoping that someone will notice. The GDC already responded to another thread about the "cheesecake" issue. I'm guessing they're reading and thinking about next year. But I completely understand that we playing the game that we are for this year.
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