I Kept Quiet for far too long. This. Is. WAR!!!

[Mr. Pockets]

Originally Posted by Andy Grady

Today I look on this forum and I see alot of crap about behind the scenes politics and about how people are angry and miserable about this program. All things that were always very hidden to the eye of a student in my day. Back then, a student like me who was surfing this board enjoyed a sense of the magic that was a FIRST competition. Today a student surfing this board is saturated by the negative backdoor junk that they shouldn't even be subjected to.

Years ago I couldn't imagine FIRST without this board.

Today, I wonder if I should even promote this board to my kids at all.

I haven't been around long enough to know what CD was like back in the day. I do think however that to say that CD is saturated with negative moaning and groaning is simply not true. I'm still coming up on the first anniversary of having joined this board. The wonder of such an amazing group of people coming together to discuss our organization still exists. This is still the best place to come for information on robotics, still the best way too meet fellow FIRSTers from around the country, and arguably one of the best places to get some good laughs. I have never once regretted visiting this forum (except when I realize that I'm falling asleep in front of the computer, using my unfinished homework piles for pillows =).

But in all seriousness, there are still far more positive things to be found on these boards than negative ones. I recommend this site to all of my robotics friends, not because there are some somber discussions (those can be found anywhere), but because of all the wonderful things that this place has to offer. At least this year, that has not changed.