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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
If FIRST doesn't live up to your standards, perhaps you ought to find a different competition.
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Instead of trying to improve the competition? That's like saying, "If George Bush doesn't live up to your standards, perhaps you ought to find a different country." A much better solution is to have discussions like this one - or, following the metaphor, vote for someone you think will do a better job. While you might not feel that such an addition to the manual constitutes a useful change, I do. Neither my team nor I was inconvenienced by this, as we are not building a 6' robot. I also (as others have pointed out) probably overestimated the difficulty of getting a 6' robot into a 5' 6'' box (it is a problem, but certainly not insurmountable).
In case any further clarification is required, I don't believe FIRST is trying to trick people. Overall, I think FIRST is a great organization with a few small faults. Nothing is perfect; last year, there were several issues that were not resolved in a very consistent manner (as I said, no one is perfect). However, saying that if you don't like it you should leave is ignoring half the point of bringing these things up (as I believe Jane alluded to).
Paul
P.S.: Looks like we're winding down?