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But with all the facts I have presented, am I to believe that I deserve to be treated the same way?
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Yes - you keep saying you have presented facts, when it has been proven that your original claim (implying that Team 47 was given secret/preferential treatment by FIRST) was completely unfounded and very untrue. Myself and a few others tried to provide you with the facts (such as the information being public and availble to all on the FIRST web site), but you choose to ignore the facts and continue to make childish accusations. instead of saying "thanks, my bad, I should have checked the FIRST web page for info or asked team 47 for info before making such a rash assumption" you still ignored the fact that the information was available to all teams the entire time - no one can make you or other teams monitor the information on the FIRST web page - that is your responsibility.
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Good luck to all those seeking fairness from FIRST in the future. Keep pressuring them with constructive criticism, and they will have no choice but to listen and change their ways.
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It is unfortunate you are such a glass is half empty/negative person. FIRST REQUESTS constructive criticism, listens to it every year, and makes changes every year. It is too bad you are only able to focus on one or two mistakes (which are natural and made each year) but are unable to recognize the MANY positive changes and aspects of FIRST. It is important to recognize positives as well as negatives - that is how a community continues to improve. You say you are a FIRST fan, so you must recognize that FIRST does hundreds of good things for every one bad rule or mistake made each year, and hopefully you are able recognize all the good improvements made.
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Seems rather cheap and petty to me. I was not aware that Chief Delphi operated in this manner.
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You are part right, your criticisms of Team 47 have been petty and cheap. Mike Martus did what you should have done in the first place. He e-mailed you privately so as not to try to embarrass or ridicule you in a public forum without first giving you the chance to explain yourself or address the situation. He did the honorable and respectful thing of addressing you directly, not posting it for public viewing - a skill and trait you can learn from. You chose to make assumptions and accusations in public instead of taking them up privately to ensure you first get all the right information. Team47 did NOTHING but ask you to be accountable and responsible for your posts. If you want to accuse them of censorship because they expect you to be like everyone else - that is up to you. If you noticed - all the other contributors in this and other threads - such as Ed, Mike, myself, Mike, and all the others share our different opinions and ideas openly. You seem to have something to hide or are not proud of your posts, or you would be willing to put your identity with them. Chief Delphi has created a board in which everyone can share ideas and different opinions - all they asked of you was to be accountable and responsible for your posts like everyone else and not try to hide behind an annonomous name.
I hope you stay in the FIRST community, because you can learn a lot by the gracious professionalism and unselfishness of many in FIRST (Mike, Mike, Joe, Andy, and other Delphi people in addition to hundreds of other quality people on MANY FIRST teams come to mind - I know I have learned a lot from getting to know some of these people over the past few years). Maybe you would be happier and feel more at home in a Battlebots atmosphere - but I encourage you to stay in FIRST, to share your opinions in a respectful, responsible, and accountable manner, and to benefit from sharing ideas in a positive manner with many great people. It is your choice, but I honestly think if you step back and think about it, you may realize your comments are a bit out of line and a little on the defensive/paranoid side - especially for someone unwilling to attach their name/reputation/integrity to their posts. If you are going to Orlando FIRSTfan, feel free to stop bye and say hi. I'd be happy to buy you lunch and I would be happy to discuss some of your concerns & share ideas in a constructive manner so I could better understand where you are coming from.
To Mike, Mike, Joe and the rest of team 47. Thank you for providing such a great resource to the FIRST community - I am always amazed by your contributions and continuing efforts - especially your ability to put up with petty comments, jealousy, and ungracious behavior when it is unfairly directed at your team.
Team 47 and FIRST - Keep up the great work! Look forward to seeing everyone in Orlando.
JM
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