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Originally posted by SarahB
However, I really don't like the fact that after this year most awards will count for next to nothing. The technology awards are there to acknowledge teams with great design regardless of their overall performance.
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I agree with you on that point. It seems FIRST is leaning more toward better performing robots than creative designs. If I'm not mistaken my team has attended the CE every year since 2000 (or 2001 maybe) because of a combination of a tech award, the even/odd system and winning SBPLI in 2001. By cutting out the awards you start alienating a lot of teams. I always thought the point of FIRST was to come up with great designs, not to win a competition, and the awards motivated that, now it doesn't seem that way.
Well for those who lost me in my sea of rambling, I think the awards should be worth more, just my thoughts.
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