Posted by Matt Rock.
Student on team #115, MVRT, from Monta Vista High School and Hitachi Data Systems - 3Com - NASA Ames.
Posted on 4/12/2000 6:59 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: Alliances in touble? - reason for post posted by Chris on 4/12/2000 2:52 PM MST:
Even though you may get lowered down in the qp's and stuff i really like the alliances. And about the scoring i really like the co
pertition (or whatever it was). I think these a great ideas, and its only been in it for 2 years, so i say give it some more time, and then it will work just fine in the end. Good Luck to all the teams staying in it for next year
-Matt Rock
Team 115
(didn't make to finals, wanted to, but still had fun)
: Please don't interpret my post as a complaint for not getting picked. Of course I was upset at not getting picked, but that's not the point. The point is that since Saturday, I've talked to five people who told me that they wished alliances would go away. I've also noticed a lot of people very upset (much more upset than I was). This is not the first time this has happened.. A lot of people posted here after regionals about how upset they were that they weren't picked.
: The point is this: if having alliances (in the current manner) makes many people upset, is it a smart thing? How upset will some people get before they quit FIRST? I'll guarantee that almost anyone that posts on this board wouldn't quit over something like this. However, only a very small portion of the FIRST population posts on this site. I guess that anything that makes people this upset probably isn't in FIRST's best interests.
: Once again, I'm not upset enough about not getting picked to complain about it. However, a lot of people were. To me, that puts up a red flag that something isn't right. People will always disagree with something or another, but I've seen some pretty harsh posts on this board after some of the regionals and the nationals - harsher than over any other subject.
: Okay, now I hoped no one questions my motives. Now I'll shut up and let people post.