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Re: Wholesale vs retail...-PLEASE READ
Posted by Amy .
Student on team #126, Gael Force, from Clinton High and NYPRO.
Posted on 8/15/2000 10:33 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: Wholesale vs retail...-PLEASE READ posted by Dan on 8/15/2000 8:25 PM MST:
To me, FIRST seems just as marketable as Battle Bots. Why it isn't on TV, I don't know, but...if the 2000 competition was televised, it would have been obvious to viewers that the object of the game was to put balls into the appropriate goal. Although the audience would not immediately understand other aspects of the game, i.e. other scoring techniques, how qualifying points are awarded, etc. I think that colorful balls, goals, and robots and the obvious object of scoring balls would be enough for a channel surfer to stop and watch. Watering the game down to make it completely obvious and immediately understood by the layperson would definitely cause FIRST to lose something in the aspects of strategy, scouting, and suspense, but you might have noticed that the competition has become much more viewer-friendly over the years without losing everything that sets FIRST apart from Battle Bots and Robot Wars. For example, compare the size of an average robot in 1992 to a 2000 robot...the 'bots are much larger and easier to watch and follow in a match. Another example-in 1992, tennis balls were used...last year, 13-inch balls.
Just my two cents...:-) ;-)
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