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Re: [FTC]: FVC (Vex) VS. FTC (Tetrix)

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Originally Posted by NalaTI View Post
Are you inviting JVN to do pull-ups using VEX parts?

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
Topics that haven't been discussed:
  • Number of mentors per student for each program
Zero for our six VRC teams. Many also have zero, some have one or two, very few have a whole bunch.

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Originally Posted by JVN View Post
If you repeat a lie enough times it starts to become the truth. Not enough people do their own factual comparisons but instead they just repeat generalizations not grounded in quantitative analysis.
What was most disappointing about the transition was the truly ungracious way in which FIRST pursued it. Tetrix was introduced not only with subtle "lies" like the ones mentioned before, but even through making fun of the VEX Robotics kit (in one blog post, it was even called a toy). I can't imagine how much this offends long-time FIRST-supporting IFI employees, like JVN, Jason Morella, Karthik, and countless others, along with teams which thought their hard work was viewed as real engineering.

The past is the past though. Looking at the replies, I think the current FTC has a long way to go until it catches up with VRC.
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