FRC Blog - Something New - Team 'Standards'

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

That's very open minded of you.

Remember, we all want the same thing here; more inspiration and a wider reach for the program.

We just disagree with the methods.

Fair enough.

I don't see why we have to have sport themed games for it to be "cool". I brought some friends of mine to a competition this year who would be considered "jocks" or "cool kids" and they didn't care that it was recycling themed (which I would say is worse than medieval in terms of bringing people into FIRST). All they saw were the cool robots doing things and how much fun it was.

Not everyone likes sports, some people like other things such as fantasy. We've had plenty of opportunities to use sports themes to bring people in. And this Standard is just like recycling cans this year: symbolic of a theme that matters less than the robots itself.

I guess my main beef with your point is that you're making it seem like its an awful thing to be nerdy, when in reality there's nothing wrong with it. My friends found FIRST nerdy but still enjoyed seeing the robots and competitions and thought it was awesome.