Funny comment about a banner ad on CD

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

So.. anyone have any thoughts on this ad

It's the Finalist Award.

[Gabe]

I saw it a couple of weeks ago, and must admit that I thing it's wrong to send this message of winning at all costs. They should know this, since I already emailed IFI a long time ago about it, so they can't say nobody complained.

[John Gutmann]

Originally Posted by Gabe

I saw it a couple of weeks ago, and must admit that I thing it's wrong to send this message of winning at all costs. They should know this, since I already emailed IFI a long time ago about it, so they can't say nobody complained.

Maybe they are just saying "Hey if you use our stuff, you will have more time to spend on other things! and that can make you win!"

...maybe....I don't think it is the right message, but I think this thread shows that you can interpret the message many ways. But anyways I don't see what the big deal about the message is. I mean yea, hahaha, the OP point was funny, but....I mean aren't we all smart enough to know that you can't buy your way to a trophy.

-John

[Fred Sayre]

Originally Posted by Gabe

I saw it a couple of weeks ago, and must admit that I thing it's wrong to send this message of winning at all costs. They should know this, since I already emailed IFI a long time ago about it, so they can't say nobody complained.

... or that you can buy your way to a trophy. I agree, wrong message.

[s_forbes]

They are just saying their products will help you do very well in competition, how is this wrong? It is an advertisement after all, so this shouldn't be shocking to anybody.

(for the record, we used IFI wheels and a large ifi mechanism sprocket on our robot this year and managed to get a finalist trophy... coincidence? probably)

[Ryan Albright]

Here we go again

.: Grabs bag of popcorn and chair:.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

It's the Finalist Award.

Actually, only the EI and Chairman's are gold. That's the Champions trophy, the finalist's FIRST logo is much smaller.
Funny ad, I really enjoyed it.