Battlebots and FIRST

[BSMFIRST]

Originally posted by mnkysp6353
Ok people i just want to come out and say it Battle Bots SUCKS!
here is my reasoning.
1. You invest all of this time and have a really big chance that your bot will become pile of bolts. Where in first you can come to a competition with a box of bolts and other teams will pitch in and help you build a bot.
2. No matter what anyone says losing in FIRST is alot better then in BB. You get to meet all of these great people. A kid that loses in BB is sad and really does not have any emotional support like that in FIRST.
3. You dont get to meet great! people like in FIRST. I would truly trade winning the nut for the pleasure of knowing all of the wonderful people on this message board.
Some people on my team want to start a BB team but i keep telling them wait till competition and you will be blown away.

You're competed in FIRST but not in BattleBots; so you're comparing your experiences to your very extensive assumptions.

I've competed in FIRST, Robotica, and BattleBots and I know you would never believe that everyone at each competition was totally helpful, respectful, and kind.

I really could go on and on about the spirit of BattleBots and Robotica--and I have in previous threads, please refer to them--but the truth is you guys will never believe me if you don't want to.

For those of you who don't like BattleBots, think the competitors are mean, etc. I encourage you to come over to the BattleBots forum. Ask absolutely any question you have about anything robot or science related and these guys will help you. If they're willing to help their soon-to-be opponents, then who wouldn't they help, right? There are 150,000 posts on it right now, you can search those too.

http://www.delphiforums.com/battlebot_tech

Dan

PS I've referred them over to this webpage many times, especially with the IFI controllers they're using now, and they love it....so they owe y'all one anyways