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Originally Posted by david06mata
I cannot be in more agreement.
When some people forgot the real and principal goal of FIRST, they transform the competition into a war zone. Where the only thing that cares is to win, and this is far from the real objective of FIRST.
When I have the opportunity to explain What is FIRST I always try to explain that this competence isn't only about win or lose, it's more than have the best robot in the competence and defeat the other teams, I see FIRST as a competition where the most important thing is what we learn from all the experiences that we have gone through, sometimes we experiment the victory or sometimes we have to experience with the defeat, but what really matters is what we learn from these experiences.
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To build on that, in the last few years the teams I was apart of didn't have the best bots. But we always placed well, for playing our alliance well and making the most of our alliance. Teaching a new level of strategy and thinking outside the box. You don't need the best teams to win, just the ones that compliment you well enough to make up for your shortcoming.
That is like in the real world not every product can have every feature wanted. Teams have to pick and choose what they want to do. This program allows varied experience depending on how the team tackles the challenge.Many times you also look at other bots and see sometimes the simple solutions, or unique ways to attack the challenge that even the most bare bones team can do.
Having the most tools, largest student body, most mentors/sponsors isn't the key to success. Every year you always see events where the underdogs rise up out of know where and succeed. Sometimes having less supplies, or facing the shortcoming some of the most successful teams haven't helps shape the students and team. FIRST is here to get kids ready for the real world, and not everyone gets the best or most fair situations. The key is to learn from failure and to keep moving forward.
Sadly for some a bad call means they can't move forward until the next year. But it also helps give them something to hopefully look forward too.