Farewell, Chief Delphi.

I'm not one to complain about small squabbles, but there comes a time when enough is enough. Consider this my towel thrown in. FIRST was fun, but I feel it is no longer the place for me to spend my time. You might see me involved in the future, but I wouldn't count on it. Over the past two months I have been verbally assaulted and degraded by more than ten people in the FRC community that I used to look up to. I have attempted to provide a different perspective on many things, and as a result received a torrent of PMs and other messages that have both degraded my intelligence, and blatantly (and seemingly intentionally) misinterpreted the bulk of my ideas.

I hope to leave you all with a message: Just because someone disagrees with you, and has a differing opinion, does not mean they are "un-GP." Just because someone thinks differently than you or your team does not make them inferior. The issue of waving the GP flag at anything that was different has come up, but nothing changed. Consider this your first casualty of the FIRST cult mentality.

Having been kicked off a FIRST team by a student with power delusions, I hoped to be able to keep involved through CD. For a time, it worked. I was still a part of FRC, and I enjoyed it. But over time, the same issues that have bugged me for a long time, and have dug at me since I joined have not gone away, nor even diminished. There are many here who were not part of the problem, and I'd like to thank them. I could name names, but it wouldn't prove anything, nor further any goal.

So farewell, Chief Delphi. I applaud FIRST's goals, I just think many people here need to examine how they communicate with others. Sometimes it is worth it to stop and read what you've written before posting.

Farewell, CD. It was a fun ride. If for some reason anyone needs to contact me, feel free to email me or AIM me any time. My contact info should stay up here until someone decides to delete my account to save a few bits.