[FRC Blog] Five for FIRST

[Jessi Kaestle]

Originally Posted by Drivencrazy

I would never show this to a coworker or somebody with the means to sponsor an FRC team. And I sure as hell would never show them this. That's just not what "most" people are into.

I showed both to a coworker who isn't really familiar with the program but is in the STEM field.

For the StrongHold video she felt it was cheesy and childish and said that she would have no interest in looking into what the program was for herself or her children based on the video.

For the What Is FRC video, she was instantly intrigued and commented "Wow, you got Will.i.am" she then made various other comments about how she liked how the opponents were random and varying. Her end assessment was that she was interested in the program for her daughter.

I know some might argue that she was not "outside the tent" but isn't anyone who isn't in FIRST "outside the tent"

[Ty Tremblay]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Then it's targeting too small of an audience.

Possibly, but this isn't FRC's sole effort to grow.

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by Ty Tremblay

Possibly, but this isn't FRC's sole effort to grow.

I've kind of always thought this was more of a substitute for a hint. Instead of giving us something to figure out the name of the game, they gave us the name and something a little more interesting to show people than a picture of a fish.

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by Drivencrazy

But I'd definitely show them parts of something like the Roboleague video. It's got everything about FIRST in it. The problem is it's too long.

Roboleague is definiitely worth promoting further. If FIRST could cut it down to a typical movie-length trailer then it could be quite powerful.

[Jacob Bendicksen]

Maybe the whole "outside the tent" thing is referring to the tents in the video itself...hmmmmm.

/s

In all seriousness, I don't think this video does quite as good a job as RoboLeague at promoting what's great about FIRST. To me, that's the teamwork, energy, and hard work that everyone puts into it, and this just isn't evident in the Stronghold video.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

Medieval theme stuff is definitely only for nerds, because you know, Game of Thrones was only popular in the nerd crowd. Same with the Lord of the Rings movies or the Hobbit movies. Only nerds went to go see those.

I don't think the issue is just that it features a medieval theme, but it looks like it is targeted more towards grade/middle schoolers than high schoolers.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by itsjustjon

But isn't OP talking about 3v2? 3 Offense vs. 2 Defense?

That's been done before, too. '06, second and third periods were 3v2 followed by 2v3. (The 3rd robot for either alliance had to stay on its offensive side of the field.) 3 offense, 2 defense. 1st period was auto, 4th period was 3v3, score wherever you like (preferably in your own goals).

[Mike Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Ty Tremblay

But that's beside the point isn't it? This video is targeted at the ones that will think this is cool, not the ones that will make fun of it.

I don't think I'm in the target audience then.

Also since I haven't seen this anywhere else yet. Castles have moats. Water game confirmed.

[TJP123]

Originally Posted by Drivencrazy

And yeah because GoT, LotR and the Hobbit were all snow white and the seven dwarves production quality

Why do I feel so old all of a sudden?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077687/?ref_=nv_sr_4

[Sperkowsky]

If I showed that "What is first" video to my friends they would probably laugh and never come to robotics.

Its really cheesy.... Cant they do better?

Or cant we do better?

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Jacob Bendicksen

Maybe the whole "outside the tent" thing is referring to the tents in the video itself...hmmmmm.

/s

In all seriousness, I don't think this video does quite as good a job as RoboLeague at promoting what's great about FIRST. To me, that's the teamwork, energy, and hard work that everyone puts into it, and this just isn't evident in the Stronghold video.

I believe that Roboleague and Stronghold have different audience targets.

While I would not show stronghold to a director of a company (with a few exceptions) I would show it at DragonCon or ComiCon. Both have many people 'outside the tent' but have similar interests (As a whole)