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Re: Being Proactive About Paper Airplanes on Einstein
I was never too big of a fan of the paper airplane tradition, as it created a gigantic mess, was quite annoying and even painful at times; I remember being hit in the head forcefully by several as we sat down on the lower level in 2014. I personally always felt bad when speakers telling their inspiring and emotional stories were interrupted by the cheers of the crowd as an airplane made it to the stage.
Last year in particular however, I felt the tradition got way too out of hand, as groups were dumping reams of paper off the upper level, throwing crumpled and ripped up programs from outside and at some points toilet paper from the bathrooms ended up being run down to the lower level from up there as well.
It felt more like a rave than a robotics competition, and just seemed very out of place and inappropriate on such an international stage of competition.
tl;dr: No more paper airplanes, they cause a big mess, distract from the show, and don't look professional.
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