Winning Multiple Regionals

[Chris27]

Originally Posted by DanTod97

I wasnt aware that team 40 had also won one. People have brought up this point of jealousy many times, and as I said before I dont beleive ive made any of these topics personal at all, I havent spoken of my team once, im doing my best to speak from a completely outside point of view. But since you must, my team did great anyways, the finals was as far as Ive ever gotten, so Im happy.

edit: (outside, not objective, I am taking a stance on the situation)

So you really think that If it was your team that had won three regionals, if your team was in the position of a team like 1114, that you would still hold this position and this thread would even exist? Regardless if you haven't explicitly mentioned your team or not, our own experiences have a great deal of an effect on our viewpoints. You wouldn't be complaining (objectively arguing?) If your robot was the one winning three regionals, thus it is not unreasonable to come to the conclusion that to some extent, your arguments stem from jealousy, whether you want to admit it or not. It is not a bad thing to be jealous of the accomplishments of other teams, but instead of trying to bring them down by claiming they are being unfair or unGP (sure thats a word ), like I said before, you will get much more satisfaction out of finding out why those teams are so successful, (just ask them, I'm sure they will be glad to tell you), and emulate their successful model which will likely lead to success of your own team that you can take ownership of. It comes down to a choice of whether to look at these teams as a source of inspiration and an opportunity to learn, or to take a negative viewpoint and tear them down. These viewpoints extend beyond FIRST and to the real world. At CMU, I have had the opportunity to listen to some very inspiring speakers and they have shared their sources of pride, joy, and happiness. Guess which viewpoint they held.

I suggest listening to this.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...31505846055184