Thread: Ideas to move in the direction of making FIRST competitions 'fair'
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Re: Ideas to move in the direction of making FIRST competitions 'fair'
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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
Many teams take the stance that building a great competitive robot, and trying your best to win, is the way to inspire the students. How inspired will you be if you build a great robot, and play excellent matches, and your team still does not place well, if you dont make it to the playoff matches, if you dont get to attend the championship for 3 or 4 years?

How inspired will you be if you see teams that have machines that are not as good as yours, or teams that dont drive and play the game as well as you, place higher, and get chosen to go on, when you are left behind?
How about being 62nd out of 62 teams at the 2003 VCU? We got beat by a team that didn't uncrate their robot.
What did 116 take away from that. A desire to NEVER let that happen again.
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