[BJC]

I've been watching this thread float around for a while now.

I don't think it's wrong for people to show 'extreme' emotion either positive or negative in reaction to FRC. No, nothing that happens on the field should be construed as a tragedy. At the same time, many students have put a lot of metaphorical blood, sweat, and tears into their robots. Please be patient with them when things don't go their team's way. Sometimes, they don't need a talk about the true values of FIRST at that moment, they just need someone to empathize with them.

Refs are people, students are people, mentors are people, judges are people, we're all in this together. It can be easy to forget that in the heat of competition.

Cheers, Bryan