[Zyrano]

Originally Posted by Type

I agree, not everyone is a winner. Our Coach has told us that before, he says that 2nd place is the first loser. After we got 2nd place at our first event, I asked if we were going ton dinner to celebrate since we made it to finals with a nearly rookie team, yet he said no since we didn't win. I agree with not everybody are winners. If everybody was a "winner", it would take the motivation out of competing so toughly

I don't think I agree with this. The celebration should be working hard and fielding a robot and physically being there competing fiercely. If every team's success is defined by winning, then what you are saying is all other teams that were not on the winning alliance had failed. The Robot is only a vehicle, personally, as a mentor, success and winning is defined by how many kids are inspired. I don't really care whether you call everyone a winner, but I honestly think that each team that are there competing was successful.