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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
There is a forest and it contains many trees. We can walk through the forest all day long and point at trees here and there and say "look how good this one is doing, its only two years old..." but that doesnt mean the forest itself is growing, or healthy.
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Ken,
Your view of the forest is vastly different from mine. The one I see is healthy. There are many trees in here. You seem to be only looking at one type of tree - FRC.
There are other types: FVC, FLL, BEST, Botball, Sumo, Trinity Firefighting Robotics, Robot-one, Underwater robot competitions, BBIQ, Super milage, etc, etc.
15 years ago, this forest only contained one tree: FIRST Robotics. There is much "new growth" here. The neat thing is, there are no boundaries. New trees will spring up and this forest may be twice as big in another 15 years.
There are tall trees, fat trees, and bushes. We live in these trees. The people on these forums (ChiefDelphi) live in the FRC, FVC, or FLL trees. Some energetic people have homes in multiple trees. That's great for them. For me, I live in the FRC tree. Instead of trying to cut the FRC tree down, go climb another. We're pretty tall at this point and we don't need chopped. Our roots are strong. Don't try to uproot this tree and plant it where BEST is planted. Don't prune us into a BBIQ tree. They have their own branches and roots. If you want to make an impact, nourish another tree instead of chopping up ours.
Andy B.