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Originally posted by verdeyw
What does this mean? Football is a contact sport, yes, and a rough one, and so will this game be, but there is nothing inherently graceless or unprofessional about either of them.
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Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing. - Vince Lombardi
One statistic that is most useful in tracking the success of an offensive lineman is pancake blocks. This is where you flatten the defensive lineman and lay on top of them until the play is over.
Football is very enjoyable to both watch and play, but I wouldn't exactly call it graceful. I also wouldn't look at many of the legal actions in Football as being professional in any other setting.
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Originally posted by verdeyw
Similarly, whining and complaining about a percieved loss of elegance does nothing to advance either your solution to the problem or the game in general. Granted, I haven't been around the game as long as many of you - last year was my first - but the spirit of FIRST is unchanged from last year. We are still out to teach high school students what engineering and professionalism are all about, and there is already too much whining and negativism in the workplace. We don't need to perpetuate it by showing examples of this behavior in response to a game.
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FIRST does read this forum. FIRST does listen to teams' inputs at the end of the season. FIRST has made rule changes due to the unforeseen effects on teams. However, you can rest assured that no rule will change if FIRST is unaware of any adverse effects. While I am not advocating complaining about each and every rule, when a rule of this magnitude is made, FIRST needs to realize the impact it will have.
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Originally posted by verdeyw
Know now that everyone's robot will have at least one crisis during the competition. You can either fix your robot and help those teams that need the help fix theirs, or you can stand around and wish that you could take the robot back home and fix it in your shop.
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Many teams will have crises this year due to broken parts. Again, I wish it were as simple as you said. And yet, the reality is that many teams will probably not be able to continue competing. Many teams do not have the budget to build several spares of each and every part, nor will they be able to accurately predict exactly which parts will fail in this high-impact football-like game. I expect we will need to make many repairs to our robot, and I also expect our team will be helping as much as we can, but you're living in a dream world if you think that several teams won't be sidelined due to this ruling.