[White_Orpheus]

I think the animation needs to be expanded even more. You either win or you lose, and there's no recognition for teams that don't get the big prize. People shift attention onto the robot, but for a lot of us, the animation competition is FIRST. I don't work on the robot. Although I have an interest in it doing well because my team worked on it, I care a hell of a lot more about the animation award than I do about the actual game. For animators, instead of the animation being icing on the robot cake, things are just the opposite. For us, the animation is the main course, and it's rather frustrating to be blown off by people who focus solely on the building of a robot.

For those of you who attempt to marginalize the animators contribution: I dare you to make an animation even coming close to the worst animation submitted this year. I guarantee that 90% of you would fail miserably. It's a lot harder than you guys think and we put a ton of work into making top rate animations. The fact that we have been shortchanged by the powers that be for years is a disgrace to FIRST.