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Originally Posted by jurassicjupiter
I always love using TheBlueAlliance when I need to get my fill in on robotics information. However during the competition season I use a team built website by 537 called At The Control. The site has been around for two years, not 100% sure... I've been using it for two years. Regardless that fact its the best site you can use to follow a single team.
This most recent update to TBA tho kind of drew the line for me. I'd much rather support a FRC team made application. This site has been doing match predictions for the entire time I've been using the site and now to see TBA which isn't a FRC team made application including match predictions in my mind is a little ridiculous. Its almost like the developers of TBA are taking candy away from kids... but in this case the chance for an FRC team to build something that will never be viewed or used by people because TBA has such a large viewership. Very un-gracious in my mind.
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I'm sorry to hear you feel that way. It was never our intention to replace ATC, and I still don't think we do. I believe ATC makes it easier to follow one specific team at an event, which TBA doesn't do well. TBA has also been linking to ATC on every team page for the last few years. It's the only other community built site (aside from CD) we link to, so calling us un-gracious is uncalled for.
And to address your "team made" concern, TBA is also team made. Shout out to Greg and Tom who started it when they were still high school students. It sure has grown since then, since they made it their mission to open source and involve others in the development and give us an opportunity to work on something on such a large scale.