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I didn't like last years game, and I am not particularly fond of this year's game either. Both years are basically battlebots, as demostrated by the copious amounts of hitting, smashing, shoving, and wedge designs.
The scoring system also favors simple shoving robots - so much for the elegance of stacking. Heck, we could probably all build bulldozers, and the average scores would not change in range.
I agree with Jnadke - FIRST has definitely lost some of its spirit.
As far as posts about Gracious Professionalism posts about other teams are concerned: I don't think that holding teams accountable for their actions is " not gracious,", nor do I think that it is unprofessional. If a team acts up, it not only is another teams right, I feel it is their DUTY to warn other teams.
If a team is joining to stab me in the back, I'd want to know about it. Hiding these matters from view is not going to make them go away. If public awareness is what it takes to force teams to cease activities or attitudes not in the spirit of FIRST, then that is what should be done.
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Benjamin Mitchell
Vex Robotics Competition team advisor (4 high school teams)
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