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Re: QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!!
Posted by Bill Beatty.

Other on team #71, Team Hammond, from Team Hammond.

Posted on 7/31/2000 8:30 AM MST


In Reply to: Re: QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!! posted by Michael Martus on 7/24/2000 8:18 PM MST:




Mike

We are in the same camp, but I think I am in the opposite end of the tent. I think that last year's game perhaps crossed that line a bit. Take another look at the final match in Florida. A very fine, high scoring Nypro machine was totally neutralized for almost the entire last minute.

I think that FIRST is designing the game and rules to allow more interaction believing that it will make the game more exciting and more appealing to more folks including the public. Robot competitions are similar to many sports. Unless you have a personal interest in a particular team or group, there will be little spectator interest. This years game had much interaction, and yet there very few spectators watching the final rounds.

The so called agressive/defensive machines, for the most part, are robots that failed to materialize as offensive machines. Allowing this type of interaction is the great equalizer, however, I believe that the rules have to allow a high capability team to do it's thing and not allow a low capability team to play defense to stop them. I also feel that we are sending the wrong message to our young people by the example of switching to violent, aggressive action when you are not able to otherwise compete.

I know that I am in the minority on this, so I will get off of my soapbox.


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