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Re: Marketing
Posted by Jon, Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Posted on 3/31/99 12:24 AM MST
In Reply to: Re: Marketing posted by Andy Grady on 3/30/99 9:18 PM MST:
: Unfortunately i think marketing, or lack there of, kills some teams chances. Not to be barking up my own pole here but i sincerely felt that my team this year was a very good, top 8 capable team who had a few bad breaks and didn't quite make it. I thought for sure that we would be picked because our robot could get the job done. Unfortunatly our robot didn't look the best, it didn't have a big name behind it, and it wasn't flashy. Because of this i feel we were not picked. This is something that we can't do anything about, and it is in the eyes of the teams to be able to see teams similar to my team who have good solid robots that get the job done, yet are not known well or have a flashy paint job. Of course I could be wrong.
: Good Luck to all,
: Andy Grady, DWC/Alvirne
I know that lots of teams have dedicated intelligence gathering groups and stats people and i think that they will be touring the pits and watching the matches en masse in order to scout out their future allies/enemies and along the way to watch for potential teammates.
My team has done it in the last regionals even though we are far from making the top 8. Sometimes asking other teams questions about their robots makes them wonder about your own and then you can show them your many features...
this marketing thing kinda forces teams to go out and talk to other teams...
just a thought,
jon
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