Mods: good or bad, and why?

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idk they keep shutting down threads that were pretty entertaining

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The frogurt is also cursed.

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And hopefully educating to people that need to be educated

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i dont think I understand, please elucidate

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we tried warning you. Overthrow the bourgeoisie for the catetariat.

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Usually good, some seem to have a hair trigger when it comes to referencing indecent acts with animals while having a larger than average tolerance for those who seem to espouse racist manure.

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i too thrive off of drama generated by (alu)mentors debating their politics on a website intended for discussion of a high school robotics program

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sorry that some of us have students as well as friends whom we’ve met through FRC that experience issues relating to systemic racism that also effects FRC as a system, so we find it important to discuss

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it costs something like $20k, realistically more to meaningfully compete in frc. it costs some relatively small fraction of that (under 5k) to meaningfully compete in ftc. this disproportionately means that underprivileged communities are far less likely to try and compete in robotics at all, as the school systems typically are less willing than they usually are (even in more well off districts) to cough up the money to compete. but starting a community frc team is a much bigger burden (especially if there are few willing sponsors) to the point where many in chief advocate against it. economic privilege and racial issues are often intertwined in america. i think its a huge disservice on first’s end and their efforts to attempt to increase diversity and accessibility in the program to treat its hs ftc program, which is far more easily adapted to the community team format with many, many success stories, as second class citizens in the program.

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I don’t know if this is what you intended but I generally agree with this and I think FiM specifically does a disservice to underprivileged communities by making FRC the only viable high school program but that’s a discussion for another thread

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Mods, please lock this thread before it gets out of hand

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we can’t have any fun can we

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Where did you get 20k figure?

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Zero.

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$5K for two districts. $5K for DCMP. $5K for robot parts, accessories, tooling, etc. $5K for travel and other expenses.

I actually think $20K is too low. It’s very often a lot more.

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Regional perspective:

$5k registration + 1st comp (+ optional kitbot). $4k 2nd comp. (If you even make it to CMP). $5K for robot parts, accessories, tooling, etc. $5K for travel and other expenses.

Received a $10k grant for 2020 season. Fully paid off our hotels (15 students) and a bit of transportation. Events cancelled.

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I agree, $20k is an optimistic figure. Community based teams may also have to pay rent for their build space. The first $20k raised gets us through rent and utilities and nothing else. Luckily we have some great sponsors to help with that, but I doubt there is enough to go around for everyone to spend that much just to get going.

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please mods, keep help keep this on topic!!! we are discussing if mods are GOOD or BAD, not if FRC is flawed in nature due to its fundamental inaccessibility to most highschools across the world!!!

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