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Originally Posted by jasper.s.jacobs
an all rookie competition sounds like a pretty good experience for the rookie teams, but I am concerned that it would just turn into a lapbot-fest that would be less than exciting to say the very least. Sorry for sounding harsh, but I think it might be pretty boring to be in, and much more boring to watch, thats why atlanta is so great, ever single match is full of action. Regardless it is probably a good enough idea to entertain, and try to develop.
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Team 2337 competed at the Kettering Rookie event, and while it seems like a lifetime ago now, at the time it was anything but a boring event. While understandably not at the same level as Atlanta, it was definitely exciting for those competing. There were some robots that were purely lappers, but we saw that at all of the regionals and the Championship as well (and what is wrong with that anyway??). There were also several hurdlers, both shooters and lifters.
For us, it was a very valuable experience. Having never been to a regional event, we got a chance to run our robot under game conditions. But more importantly, all of the teams learned just how a tournament runs, including alliance selections and eliminations, so that when we got to our first "real event", we had some idea what was going on.
I hope FIRST expands this program next year. We are already hoping to volunteer at the Kettering event next year, to help out those rookies coming up behind us.