[White Wolf]

Originally Posted by Scott Chambliss

Team 48

It does seam a little strange. We designed our tower and drive train based on the available cable lengths. It is like the tail waging the dog.

FVT-42 The Hitchhikers
Members of our team voiced similar grave problems with the lack of flexibility of parts. I love it. I have seen students come up with very creative solutions since they couldn't just throw more resources at the problem. I love seeing these Apollo 13 moments flourish. I also like how it is a very economical, level playing field, especially for those of us in the first FIRST vex competition, where our up front cost was pretty low.

Being a teacher, I really like seeing the gray matter getting stirred up. I suspect teams such as our are going to play both games because they each foster a different kind of creativity.