pic: You guys remember what most of us said would never happen last year?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Jared341

To turn this around, a perceived slight by the CD community can also be a powerful tool. I have used Fantasy First picks, otherwise innocent "quotes" from forum users, and other online "popularity contests" as motivation for our build and drive teams more than once.

Pictures and videos that people drool over can intimidate, but they also motivate. I think that the veteran teams who truly do "get it" hope that that is the message that gets received when they post their machines.

If people do Fantasy FIRST right Chairman's level teams are more valuable than dominant teams (more points) thus otherwise powerful team in the HOF like 67, 111, 16, ect are off limits to me if there's a Chairman's threat available no matter how good their robot is.

As for perceived slights, there's 1800 teams in FIRST and not everyone is gonna be in the spotlight unfortunately. There's always surprise teams that rise to prominence every year and for all their dominance 1114 just won a championship last year and 217 and 148 have two each in 18 years. It's not just as easy as showing up and watching everyone wither away. There's alot of good teams out there including ones that no one cares about and they're using threads like this to feed the need to kick much butt.