A(nother) Sad Day For FIRST

[gblake]

Some more entries for the bingo card:

Mentor-built vs Student-built
Extending the build season
If all-girls teams/programs are OK then all-boys teams/programs are too
Losing a match on purpose
FTC vs FRC - How much emphasis should each receive?
Is "excited" the same thing as "inspired"?
FRC isn't primarily a competition
Artificially limiting FTC events to only middle school students

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by gblake

Some more entries for the bingo card:
Losing a match on purpose

Accepting getting penalties as part of a grander strategy.

[J_B_Wood]

If this is true, that's truly a shame.

My rookie year, 2014, I remember seeing their bot compete at the Chesapeake Regional and being pretty blown away as a freshman. When we could barely put a robot on the field I looked to 233's slick looking bot as a source of inspiration to improve for the next year.

Hope it's just a rumor.

[A Mountain Man]

Originally Posted by PLAN-COM

Anonymous accounts should be banned.

I agree. They're so annoying.

[Landonh12]

Another entry for the bingo card:

Complaining about Chief Delphi's problems in a post about 233.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by JohnFogarty

I know it's still just a rumor but it makes you think.

It doesn't warrant another thread, but I was just told today the team I am an alumni of is quitting FRC post this season after 13 years of competition. (FRC 1102)

They've quit all their FIRST teams in favor of Vex teams.

I would not surprised if more teams left FIRST for Vex due to the change in the championships configuration.

[gblake]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I would not surprised if more teams left FIRST for Vex due to the change in the championships configuration.

If the VEX folks are lucky, that will happen so often that the number of VEX teams will become too large to be accommodated in a single championship.

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by P.J.

We're still missing "Personal Attacks Over the Idea of a District System in X State/Region."

but we are now including people leapfrogging off of a clever post to add more things to it until

[EmileH]

I'm going to go full Wil Payne here;

can somebody please just close the darn thread

[bkahl]

Originally Posted by EmileH

I'm going to go full Wil Payne here;

can somebody please just close the darn thread

Wil Payne never stops his antics.

[mrnoble]

I've started a separate thread on the question of vex vs. FRC. I hope Pink isn't leaving.

[frcguy]

Hmm...

It would appear that the original tweet and/or the account was deleted.

[marshall]

Originally Posted by EmileH

I'm going to go full Wil Payne here;

can somebody please just close the darn thread

Never go full Will Payne.

[seth.brugler]

Originally Posted by frcguy

Hmm...

It would appear that the original tweet and/or the account was deleted.

Just the original tweet was deleted.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by bkahl

Wil Payne never stops his antics.

This train has no brakes.