[tjf]

Originally Posted by Michael Sperber

WHAT WE KNOW
* Something called the FIRST Festival of Champions is scheduled to occur July 28-29 in New Hampshire.
* The Chairman's and Inspire Award winning teams from both Championship events will have "important roles and places of honor."
* It will include the winning FTC and FRC alliances from both Championship events. And that they will meet "in competition" on July 29th.

WHAT WE DON'T KNOW
* What role the Chairman's and Inspire Award winners will play
* What "competition" the FTC and FRC alliances will compete it. One can assume it will be the same STEAMworks game we will first see on Saturday, but the truth is we don't know...

What I know from many years in FIRST is to never assume, and always watch for curveballs.
WHAT IF... the "competition" included a brand new game, in which the alliances have to build a brand new robot in the hours leading up to the competition, and it was all live-streamed. We just don't know (yet).

Let's collectively step back. Take a deep breath. Focus on what is immediately in front of us (remember what happens this Saturday?). And patiently wait for more information from FIRST.

Oh... and congratulations FIRST, for launching the biggest shinny object of distraction just days before FRC kick-off.

This what-if immediately placated many of my doubts. For every game that FIRST has made, they undoubtedly have shelved games that never were done for any number of reasons, esp. being "too difficult." What if they were to take their shelved, difficult games, carry them to production fruition, and have top teams of championships compete in them? Thanks for pointing that out!

(Still hopeful, planning for the worst.)