[JesseK]

This is my $0.03 darn inflation...

Pins -- I could think of a TON of things we could all do with 19 (19 games...) pins all decorated and put on ... something ... for those who view our robots at demonstrations. Yet I'm pretty sure that everyone who sees a medal from afar simply says 'wow, they win alot' as a first impression.

Heh, maybe I'm just biased because I'm similar to Billfred in that my medals usually sit around collecting dust after a while. The FRC pins though -- those go on my work lanyard, and I'm constantly asked about new ones (2008/2009 mentor/coach pin anyone?). On top of that, any student who has 4 pins in a row has something much more impressive and something that's much easier to talk about than 4 medals that all look alike.

I'm not sure I should even have an opinion on this since we have always won something at our home regionals that give us a 'placement' medal. Yet the guys at work usually look past the medals and ask about the mentor-awarded plaques that the medals are hanging on -- what are those for, what did you do, who's in that picture and most important, WOW that looks like fun.