I'll start off by saying I respect your and other differing opinions.
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Originally Posted by Kyle Love
Also, being a drive trains guy, I didn't like the lack of impressive drive systems. Sure, people still did swerve/crab systems, but I love to see team with similar system being able to push others clear across the field. Also, the absence of mecanum drives and omni wheels made me sad, I love seeing the insane maneuverablity of robots in the past.
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The whole part about not using wheels we wanted was the very first thing I almost hated. For a lot of teams there was barely any development of previous drive systems (cept for that wicked pseuo crab).
Entertaining to watch? Yea sure. But for the one robot you could actually pay attention to. There was barely ever a match in which you could tell what was going on on the field overall, unlike 04 and 00. (By the way I liked 00 far more than 04 b/c it was the first event I attended with my brother on MORT =D)
Second, I see sportsmanship and professionalism as something you step onto the field with, not what you come off with. Meaning that if a team "blows you apart" or out of the water then how is that them not being professional? YOU as the losing team should know you played your hardest and that the other alliance did too. I don't see teams being maniacal about beating other teams when they know they can. Hell, at our regionals there are teams who can pummel others without really trying, but when we lose to them there is no distaste, there is no contempt, there is no lack of sportsmanship. We all play as we would in any other sport. If FIRST believes this is not the meaning of sportsmanship then perhaps they should reevaluate what professionalism means as well.
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