Thread: We still need people to sign our Petition
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I signed the petition, and here's why
Posted by Ian Mackenzie at 05/09/2001 6:00 PM EST


Student on team #188, Woburn Robotics, from Woburn C.I..


In Reply to: Re: We still need people to sign our Petition
Posted by David Kelly on 05/09/2001 4:36 PM EST:



Here is my main reason for supporting a return to 2 vs 2:

I agree that it is important for all the teams in FIRST to cooperate. However, I don't think that it is necessary to have 4 vs 0 to do so. Indeed, I think the great strength of FIRST is that all teams work together and help each other even when they are not forced to.

I see 4 vs 0 as almost a sort of gimmick which screams "Look at us! We're cooperative!", while not actually promoting any more cooperation than 2 vs 2. In the 'real world', competition and teamwork are both important; I believe that FIRST had found an excellent balance between the two with 2 vs 2 and has now overshot it with 4 vs 0.

-Ian Mackenzie
Team 188


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