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Re: Team Update 14 (2016)

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Originally Posted by Caleb Sykes View Post
The "we built this robot in only 6 weeks" slogan is so false for our team that I have become very uncomfortable saying it, and we don't even build a practice robot. If you think saying that is a fair representation of the work you have done on your own team, that's great, by all means keep saying it. Unfortunately though, this slogan does not accurately capture the reality of the effort many teams put into their robots.
Was about to post the same thing. Saying we built the robot in six weeks is just not true.

And is it really THAT much less impressive to say 8 weeks? Or 12 weeks? It is still a huge accomplishment regardless of how you choose to "sell" it.

You listening Dean?

-Mike
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