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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
I hope these two teams work out some sort of agreement with FIRST, so they can compete - but I also home FIRST makes it clear that collaboration on this level is not in the spirit of FIRST.
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Who are you to say what the spirit of FIRST is?
Why is everyone always out to undermine everyone else's hard work.
For everyone's information, last year at the Sacramento Regional, I remember seeing two robots that were darn near, if not exactly identical. NO ONE EVER SAID A WORD ABOUT THEM! Hmmm now why could this be? Oh yeah, now I remember, they were rookie teams (or second year, I don't remember) now why do people care about Kingman and Bellarmine? I think I know the answer to that too. Because they win, quite a bit, because they have lots of resources.
Many people view these two teams, and other teams like them as having TONS of money, and being totally engineer designed and built. Many people become jealous of what they think is happening, and instead of trying to get to the same point, just getting bitter and spiteful. I know for sure that that is not in the spirit of FIRST. Just because certain teams consistantly make good looking and good performing robots doesnt mean that theyre terrible people.
I know a few years ago I used to be jealous of teams like 60 and 254. Guess what. A few years ago I didn't know much at all, and I certainly wasn't aware of the true meaning of FIRST, afterall, it was just a robot, and theirs was way better than mine, right? I didnt know anyone on these teams either, and from my skewed perspective, they seemed as if they were the exact opposite of what they truly were.
Now, I know people on these teams, and what their teams truly are like, and it's nothing like I thought it was, or many of you may think it is. Looking back, I can't say Im proud of how I felt, and I wonder how I could have ever even felt that way.
So many people are unaware of anything a FIRST team does besides compete. Particularly in the case of "winning" teams, the winning tends to overshadow everything else that a team may do. I wont even cite the numerous different things that these two teams in particular do for the FIRST community. If anyone hasnt been convinced that their impressions are wrong, this certainly wont change that.
Dont you people have better things to do with your time in the middle of week six than sit here posting this crap about how this and that are illegal and not in the spirit of FIRST and blah blah blah. It seems like nowadays everyone looks for something to criticize before they look for a positive point. Stop being so jealous and strive to attain what you envy.
Stop picking on 60 and 254 because they win a lot. They dont pick on you now do they?
Cory