Disappointment: Autodesk awards 2007

[Beth Sweet]

Originally Posted by RoboJedi75

My main question is why?

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Perhaps I can pose one reason for why they may have done this.

1504 has been competing for 2 years now. We have never created an animation, nor have we (at least that I know of) ever voted for one. We never had anyone who knew enough about them who felt competant to judge. Now, if you go by that line of logic (with the understanding that less than half of the teams at any given regional will submit an animation), you have only a couple (I think that I've heard of regionals with less than 5 submissions) of animations being judged by a very few people.
Perhaps FIRST thought it better to let the few animations that do exist all be judged by professionals?

On the same note, it is kind of saddening that they will only be judged at the Championships. This will be our first year submitting and I think that this policy will discourage many teams from even putting forth the effort.

So the solution? Up to each individual. If you feel strongly, talk to other team members and write a letter to FIRST expressing your team's dismay at the new policy. Remember to be polite and courteous in your expressing, saying "you beeeeeeeeeeeep that's not beeeeeeeeeeeeeping fair" won't help (as I've seen many a CDer do in the past when angry).

Best of luck to those of you hoping to change the policy!