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Unread 02-04-2008, 23:49
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Re: GP? I think not.

First off, I don't see how a team being successful is un-GP. Some teams have worked hard to get the mentorship and community support that they have, and this support has helped them become very competitive. Just because a team has the experience and ability to build a dominating bot doesn't make them any less gracious or professional. You may be surprised, but I actually enjoy seeing robots like this because it shows what is possible and inspires new concepts to explore for next year. If you think that spending six weeks designing and building a robot isn't worth the effort because someone happens to have found a better way of doing it, you are completely missing the point of GP and FIRST.

Also, if you think that no one has fun because there are dominating robots out there, you haven't paid much attention. At every FIRST event I've been to, everyone appeared to be having a wonderful time, regardless of whether they were winning every match or their robot was barely moving.
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