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Originally Posted by Koko Ed
The third team this season that has experience both a regional championship and a regional Chairman's award.
So I have to ask: Which feels better?
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This is a hard call to make. They both feel amazing. Our robot has been weeks of hard work and late nights. I know i put more time and effort into engineering this bot then any year previous. There were weekends that my safety glasses were fused to my head because i was working such long hours. I've spent hours upon hours working with the drivers and figuring out our best strategy for success. And it all paid off with winning two regionals... but chairmans has been even more work. The last 4 years I've been working with schools, mentoring many teams, interacting with younger potential engineers, and FIRST participants. I've been to so many events giving speeches and demos on the Houston Robotics Education Program. It hasn't all been easy, or fun, but it's been well worth it all. For me, winning the Chairman's Award is the ultimate recognition for everything I've done the last four years. Winning with the robot on ly represents a few months of work. Chairman's is what I've always been working hard for over the years. I'd like to think that my opinion isn't biased as i have equal involvement in the chairman and robot efforts of the team. I am the on field coach to the drivers during the matches and i am one of the speakers doing the presentation for the chairman's judges.
In summary to the question,
Winning Chairman's gives me a better feeling.