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Originally Posted by jblay
This very well could have been the greatest championship event yet. This game was incredible in terms of excitement when watching the matches. Why was Einstein so boring? The lack of music hurt things a lot but the most disappointing thing is how every year the amount of info about each team and the amount of excitement before each match created by the MC has been scaled down. For those who don't know what I am talking about I suggest you watch this Einstein match from 06 and how exciting it was before the match even started.
http://www.thebluealliance.com/match/2006cmp_sf2m1
That excitement just wasn't there this year and the whole process seemed to be rushed |
Agree completely. This was my second time participating on a team that made it to Einstein (the first being 296 in 2006) and it was a huge letdown compared to then. Back then, the Einstein teams got to parade in behind the Atlanta Drumline, and Dave got to do a grand entrance (and pull an epic prank). Then, starting in 2008, they nixed the parade and showed pre-recorded team intros on the big screen. This year, they didn't even do that.
Whatever happened to celebrating the 12 teams who make it to the pinnacle of the competition season?
If said device costs 10x more to manufacture than a simpler solution integrating COTS parts, and only performs 10% better, that's poor engineering. - Cory [more] 
07-05-2011, 16:03
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