Update 12

[cjl2625]

It's a ruse! We've been duped! Hoodwinked! Bamboozled! We've been smeckledorfed!

[Zebra_Fact_Man]

I know they are playing on the previous expectation of an end game being added in 2014 (which obviously never happened), but I think this is in poor taste. Nothing against the team that made this vid, but FIRST shouldn't do this to us rather stressed individuals.

Updates and the Manual are no place for jokes and goofing around.

[IronicDeadBird]

Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man

I know they are playing on the previous expectation of an end game being added in 2014 (which obviously never happened), but I think this is in poor taste. Nothing against the team that made this vid, but FIRST shouldn't do this to us rather stressed individuals.

Going to have to agree with you. Teams shouldn't be using places that are highly referenced for jokes. I imagine the fallout of this is going to be a bunch of blow back on the Q&A going...
"Real?"
Which I in all honesty considered doing upon seeing it in the manual, except with more colorful language.

[Ginger Power]

Personally I see this as a harmless joke. I like that FIRST is putting the work of FRC teams out there for all to see. I'd really like to see more of it. Was this the best avenue for FIRST to show off this video? Absolutely not, it should have been in a blog, but I still appreciate the direction that FIRST is headed.

[Sami07]

Originally Posted by cjl2625

It's a ruse! We've been duped! Hoodwinked! We've been smeckledorfed!

This is very true. If there goal was to freak us out, they have succeeded.

[rsisk]

lol, that was a pretty good troll. Now we can say we are more like Battlebots because have fire too!

[NShep98]

Originally Posted by cjl2625

We've been smeckledorfed!

That's not even a word and I agree with ya!

[Foster]

Originally Posted by NShep98

That's not even a word and I agree with ya!

Smeckledorfed is now and I'm going to use it every chance I get.

I'm on the fence about the announcement. I know they know that there are teams that are on the wrong side of meltdown so I think it was meant as a fun thing.

Maybe not in a team update. A Frank Friday post would have been perfect. OTOH it's a good lesson on "can you follow directions?" Teams that do will have a sigh of relief, those that can't will panic."

[JABot67]

The GDC has put a joke in a team update. It is obviously a joke, and has no implications for the rest of build season or for competition season. Sure, maybe if these jokes happened all the time it would get pretty annoying. However, I think we should all put down our pitchforks.

We're all having a stressful end of build season. However, getting more stressed out because of this is irrational.