Thread: Hats Off To The Wsdom Of FIRST
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I dont know if Id call it wisdom
Posted by bill whitley at 1/7/2001 4:26 PM EST


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In Reply to: Hats Off To The Wsdom Of FIRST
Posted by Bill Beatty on 1/7/2001 1:42 PM EST:



: I am again amazed at the wisdom of FIRST. They have eliminated the blocking, pinning, hooking, entanglement, unintentional tipping, and other intended acts from the competition. They could have made more rules and have the refs interfere with the game, but no, they came up with the simple idea of having all the robots on the same team! What genius!

FIRST did remove a lot of complicated, judgement calls on blocking, pinning, hooking, entanglement, tipping and other acts, but in doing so, they took away the best part of the competition, in my opinion. All the teams on the same team is no longer sport. FIRST used to be a sport, now, its a game.

It reminds me of 'What Women Want' with Helen Hunt & Mel Gibson. In the Nike commercial they design "No games, only sport" I feel the same way. I am not a fan of the games we will now be playing (lets see if we can balance). I like sport (lets see if my robot can keep your robot off the ramp).

Bill



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