Petition to end the shouting of ROBOT

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Originally Posted by themccannman

This is a silly thread.

Originally Posted by Georgiawho

I also think the yelling of ROBOT is a tradition. No one gets hurt by yelling, and yelling ROBOT prevents people from running into the robot, getting hurt, etc.

Agreed! It's tradition, and no matter what anyone believes, it works.

I disagree with just yelling ROBOT, but yelling "ROBOT COMING THROUGH" is much more effective.

As the "District model" takes precedence and slowly becomes the norm, the pits become smaller and smaller and more people (or even the same amount of people as Regionals) make a more congested area for robot transportation.

Rudely yelling ROBOT should be discouraged, but yelling something to grab the attention of all those darn people in the way as robots are trying to queue up, is necessary!

I for one will NOT be signing this silly petition.

But then again, I'm old school.
I have learned that (even at the team event years ago at the Altlanta Aquarium) yelling ROBOT makes robotics folks move out of the way even when not at the competition site.
We've all been trained well in that regard.