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Originally Posted by EricH
FTC is not looked down on by FRC, in fact, it is regarded as training for FRC. Or, a low-cost version of FRC.
As for moving FTC, the main reason it would happen is the FRC championship is too big or is split due to overcrowding.
Your comment about competing in the Georgia Dome reminds me of a comment made about members of some teams before 2003: "They're in it for the trip to Disney World." Do you really think that that is the end-all of FTC? If so, you have missed the point of both FRC and FTC and FLL.
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Both FRC and FTC have there pros and cons. FRC is bigger, it's been around longer. FTC is smaller, cheaper, has not been around as long. I have not missed the point of my FTC team. I love FIRST and all the aspects of it. I think it is a great learning, bonding, networking activity for every kind to be in. I', simply blown away by the why my FTC team has changed my life. And the lack of free time I now have since I started the team at my school.
If FTC is seen as a warm up for FRC Why cant FTC get the one are in the Georgia Dome. As of now the Divinci field in in the back of the Dome not mainly seen by the crowd. A Huge plus to competing in Atlanta is the factt hat you are on the same field that the Atlanta Falcons play on and you are surrounded by thousands of seats and thousands of people. This year the FTC and FLL pits were taken away from the FRC Pits. This made the FTC pits rather boring IMO. Upon entering the FRC Pits the talk to an FRC team my FTC team went down to Atlanta with. I noticed the buzz and crazyness in the room. It seamed MUCH more cramped than last year. but it was so exciting.
I'm just trying to get my point across. Saying that the FTC teams gain nothing by competing on the field, I think you are wrong. How would you feel if they stuck each division of FRC in a separate hall of the GWCC?