PUSH to Simplify the Game for 2002 ***Attention FIRST ***

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Posted by mTd at 04/19/2001 12:22 PM EST


Engineer from Univ of X.


In Reply to: PUSH to Simplify the Game for 2002 ***Attention FIRST ***
Posted by Andy Baker on 04/19/2001 11:31 AM EST:



:Make the game media-friendly and spectator-friendly. Make the game easy to understand, so it will be played on TV.


When you say, played on TV, do you mean like a one-hour special, or an actual series. I doubt that in its current format FIRST will make it to television. It's already been passed over twice for Battlebots, and that awful show called Robotica.

For the most part, Battlebots contains "polished" robots. Practically all of them are excellent. FIRST on the other hand has many great robots, but the percentage is not as high. All the best robots are in the finals though.

In Battlebots they are competing for money. FIRST does not have this. While it may seem as though its not important, would "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?" be exciting without money?

There are a lot of other reason that would keep FIRST off they year, but the most important is NO ONE WANTS TO WATCH 4 teams working together. Anyone seen junkyard wars? Another great show that is driven by competition. FIRST this year was not a competition. It was exactly what Dean didnt want it to be, a Science Fair displaying robots.