disaster in israel regional

[TubaMorg]

Originally Posted by Isaac501

This is completely un-called-for, completely ungracious, and completely unprofessional, and simply not true. Our team used the Beta on Beta system that WPI created for Java, never mind C++, and had ZERO problems, as did several winning robots at several of the regionals, using vision tracking with the Java.

I also saw winning teams using C++ at the BAE granite state regional and the St Louis regional. Blaming failure on libraries when other people are succeeding ... well, I'll leave it at that.

Ha, maybe Gary should have left this thread closed.
A few things:
1. I agree that Brianelite's assessment of the WPI libraries is incorrect.
2. I DO NOT agree that he was either ungracious or unprofessional. He may have been wrong, but that doesn't mean he was ungracious or unprofessional. Being upset about a perceived under performing product in this case is understandable. Forgive me for being hypocritical, but calling people names is probably a more egregious example of being ungracious and unprofessional.

3. I think there should be a 3 day moratorium on ChiefDelphi posts from teams that have just attended a regional. It seems that a large chunk of heated posts occur in the aftermath of regionals from teams that for whatever reason feel that they were wronged in some way. Believe me when I say that I know how they feel. I am by my very nature very competitive and find myself still fighting even after the regional is over. It takes a day or two to evaluate the season with clear headed perspective.