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Originally Posted by wilsonmw04
EXACTLY!! (I prefer INDYCAR but that's another conversation).
The point is this: Why are we trying to put down something that another group likes to do? Are we in some sort of nerd pecking order? How many years have we been fighting to make robots "cool?" (It's still nerdy/geeky and i'm ok with that.) If you don't like the theme, that's fine. Don't partake in it. This "fantasy" theme is very mainstream. Look at the pop culture this is centered around fantasy. Maybe, just maybe, they are trying to appeal to a different population that has not been interested in FIRST before?
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Agreed. FIRST had sports themed games in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, and even some of the other games were still "sport-like". There's nothing wrong with trying something new. Robots will still be built and played with, and a new group of people may be reached. If people weren't brought into FIRST by all of the sports games we've had recently, why would they now?
Also to people just complaining and being negative here, please go be negative elsewhere.