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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
Basically what I'm saying is that FIRST is basically telling 1st and 2nd year teams that they are not good enough to help the community, because they are new. And when you exclude some group from helping, you hurt everyone.
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This seems to be pretty much exactly what they are saying.
At the risk of sounding rude, or elitist, is there any indication that these teams are up to the task?
I'm sure some are, but most aren't. And even if some were, they're not going to be able to hold up on paper next to teams that have been around for 15 years, and exemplify every criteria FIRST is looking for. So ultimately the teams you mention get left out anyways, just with the appearance of the process being more "fair".
We have two options here. FIRST does what it's doing now, and gives out 15 beta units, or we get zip and everyone goes into 09 blind.
How many times has FIRST introduced new components, scoring systems, etc without them having properly tested? Can't we all just be happy and thank our lucky stars that for
once they actually want input from the community, and are attempting to make what is sure to be a difficult transition a little bit smoother?
There's no way to have the cake and eat it too, here. Will beta test teams get an advantage? Yes, but it is necessary for the greater good of the program.