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No, I cannot say that the above picture is true for all the new members on our team. Only about half of the new members fool around, while the other half work on at least one of the robots (either our FVC or FRC robot) consistently. Having the Vex team this year really helped, as this was a simpler robot that they did not feel intimidated by. All of the new members on our team are automatically put on the Vex team, unless they feel comfortable working with the shop tools and building the full size robot, or are in one of the FRC sub-teams such as animation or pep club.