View Single Post
  #96   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 24-03-2016, 11:41
CalTran's Avatar
CalTran CalTran is offline
Missouri S&T Senior
FRC #2410 (BV CAPS Metal Mustang Robotics)
Team Role: College Student
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Rookie Year: 2010
Location: Overland Park, Kansas
Posts: 2,371
CalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond repute
Re: How do I help my area move to districts?

Quote:
Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe View Post
I can tell you that districts have made it easier for my team to qualify for the World Championship(s). Where before we had to win an event to qualify, now we just have to rely on good performance to qualify.

This "it adds one more level to be able to qualify" comes from people that don't understand how districts work.
Oh, I completely agree that Districts are the way to go. Districts, in the best way that I've heard them described "promote consistency over moments of brilliance." At the very least, you aren't paying some $600 a match.
__________________
Team 2410 thinks KISSing is amazing! Keep It Super Safe!
  • "You know you've been in robotics too long when you start talking to your tools." "Well, you've been in robotics CLEARLY too long when they start talking back"
  • Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but you don't know why. On our team, theory and practice comes together - nothing works and nobody knows why.
MMR 2410 Student (2010 - 2013) | MMR 2410 Mentor (2013 - Present)
FTC Game Announcer / EmCee (2014 - Present) | FRC EmCee (2015 - Present) | FRC Referee (2016)
Academic Student (Forever)
Reply With Quote