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Originally Posted by Karthik
In FRC, paying their $5000 registration fee.
I'm not really interested in labeling teams as a "True FIRST Team" because they live up someone's esoteric definition. Each team has the right to run their team in the manner they see fit. If this means they don't make an effort for certain awards or don't support other FIRST programs, who are we to judge them?
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I completely agree. I think some teams make things a priority that others do not, and that is the opposite of a bad thing. For example, in the San Diego Community, Team Spyder dominates the Safety aspect of robotics every year. Team Paradox is one of the most exciting and spirited teams I've ever competed with, and they bring an element to the competitions thats irreplaceable. Rookie teams that have yet to find one aspect that they focus on, and yet they are a vital part of the FRC community and not calling them a "True" FRC team sounds terrible. Every team has something to offer to the community, and labelling some of them as "real" or "not real" is the exact type of exclusion that FRC shouldn't be about.