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The agony of defeat is in the fact that you know what idea's are far fetched (and ones like that latter on). My thing is this (and it's very simple) FIRST will be doomed if it becomes a science fair, thats when everybody will think it's "geekie" (as though they don't already) and will hurt any chances to be enjoyed by the public. If FIRST was on ABC and they kept the old style, people would be board. People want an understandable ending and winner. They don't care who has a good design, or who was innovative. They care about who WON. This is not an attempt to reverse my other threads about individulaism for your robot. It's that there should be two levels in FIRST, the engeneering level (good designs, ideas, and other accomplisments) and then the spectator level, where the average Joe will like (winning, cool plays, agony of defeat.) My final word is this. If FIRST goes back to how it was, it will loose whatever it has gained in entertainment value for the general public.
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