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Re: When do people become too competitive
Posted by Mike Kulibaba, Student on team #88, TJ˛, from Bridgewater-Raynham Regional and Johnson and Johnson.
Posted on 5/8/99 11:10 AM MST
In Reply to: Re: Hey, I'm just following orders... posted by Andrew Trax on 5/8/99 6:22 AM MST:
Do I go out to win? Yes, I think everyone should want to win. But that is not the main reason why I do this program, just being there is thrill. When you talk about competitiveness, I do not thing any sport(especially FIRST) can go without a competitive fire burning in people's body. Some people start to get too competitive when you want to win so bad that you cheat or play dirty. As I member of my team, if we just went out there to win and not to have fun then the competition wouldn't be as much fun and I probably wouldn't do it. For example: I used to play baseball and it was my favorite thing to do, I always had fun but I always wanted to win, I sacrificed my body many times to try to help the team win and some times we did and sometime we didn't, but I had no regrets about putting in the time and effort I did. This is my mentality with FIRST, I give up my body for 6 straight weeks to come up with a competitive robot that everyone who is on the team is proud of. I get the biggest thrill when a memeber of another team comes over and says that they like our robot cause it makes those 6 weeks worth every second. How psyched should a team be? I think a team should be psyched if they win and a little upset if they lose, but they should know that winning is not the resaon they are there. If you take my team for example, my team doesn't have as much of a competitive nature as I do, most people on my team let go of things a little after the match is over, it just takes me a little longer, and I am bad person cause I can't like go as easy. I think you stop becoming spirited when you get involved in these competitions just to win. And I don't think anyone does that, Even I know that this program is not about winning. Winning is not on the top of my list for why I do this program, I do this program for the students, for the fun or it, etc. Winning just comes at the end when everything else is taken care of, it's just nothing makes me happier then when that final bell rings if my team's robot is on top. I hope people don't think I'm obnoxious for thinking this way but competition is a part of life and everyone should always strive to be the best they can, in life or in FIRST, but do it within the rules. I would never break the rules to win in a FIRST competition or any other competition cause I have too much respect for the people that put in the hard work and effort in this program. In closing, Do I go out to win? yes. Am I competitive? of course I am. But I understand that the point of this program isn't to win, Winning is just a by-product. I think this is a very important question because I think so people do get really competitive when it comes to these things. Thank you for listening
Kuli Team 88 TJ˛
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