Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
Something just occurred to me. It sounds like this Kettering event was run like a regional competition, but just the robot competition part. I think that might be putting undue emphasis on the outcome of the matches.
|
There was a reduced set of awards given out for things like robot design, spirit, imagery, etc. Obviously no Chairmans, nor no Engineering Inspiration. There was a panel of distinguished judges, I believe 6 of them, who must have had quite a job of it interviewing 23 teams for consideration of 8 or 10 awards.
However, I did notice a bit of the attitude you suggest - the robot was considered the most important thing by many of the teams. As an example, I had to try to gently convince an alliance that they not cheer when penalties were announced for their opponents. "But that means we just won." Yes, I know it did, but wait for your cheers until the score is announced.
Most likely none of these teams were any different than rookie teams you will find anywhere else this season. But since in most other regionals the rookies will be in a minority, and at all regionals they will have veteran teams to learn from, did make the tone of the Kettering event slightly different than what will be found at the Regionals.