Competition.....or touchy feely happy bonding time?

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Posted by Dan at 1/6/2001 12:23 PM EST


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In Reply to: Competition.....or touchy feely happy bonding time?
Posted by aTm on 1/6/2001 12:03 PM EST:



I don't think you're wrong in your understanding, but it sounds like this is the feeling Dean intended. The game, like Dean said, is supposed to make FIRST's purpose clear and to seperate it even further from BattleBots.
This year's game, superficially, is a mix of the last three years (big balls, little balls, ball tubes, coopertition, etc.) but as a whole game it's totally different and will require that we think about strategy differently.
Dean has never been about lowering to the common denominator, he chooses to raise the bar instead. So, yes, this game won't get FIRST on primetime TV right away, but Dean doesn't believe the quickest path (ie BattleBots) is always the best.
Dan