I hereby retract my previous statement based upon recent incriminating evidence to the contrary.
As often happens, John’s statement echoes the sentiments of myself and 1114 once again. Our “teaser” was merely intended to be a fun play on the seemingly well received “teaser” we posted last year, and a parody of the typical CD teaser. If we had any idea that it would annoy this many people we probably would have reconsidered. In general I’ve never been the biggest fan of most teasers, and I follow Ed’s strategy of ignoring them.
That being said, there was an actual element of teasing in the 1114, 148 and 254 teasers that was never mentioned. The numbers in those photos were all made in the same shop. There’s a fairly interesting inference to be drawn from that, well at least interesting for some.
Glad you think so. Thanks for singling our team out like this in a public forum. I’m sure that was necessary.
Oh the irony of the teasers and the teasing involved. It’s become a Catch 22.
I noticed the beautiful numbers in the photos and figured they were a form of collaboration. With many of the teasers, I’ve found that if I’m not going to ignore them but stay tuned, hints or truth will reveal themselves, one way or another.
Any time you post a teaser you are singling yourself out. Every time you post something, it may be used as a specific example in the future. As something good or something bad. I’m not saying anything against your teaser in particular(I can’t remember what yours was). I’m just saying that being specific as team numbers will often add to one’s statement. Without an example, there is ambiguity.
Next time you want to avoid being singled out for something, don’t post it to begin with.
Molten, your post is not an example of what being GP on CD is about.
See how I used what you said against you?
In all reality, people, don’t explore the Robot Showcase or CD-Media sections if you don’t want to see mindless teaser postings. As far as I know, there aren’t any rules about posting teasers on CD, neither here nor through FIRST. I, personally, think some of them should have been kept to one’s self, but that’s not to say they’re all crap.
It’s a matter of self-control.
synth3tk: First off, feel free to use my posts against me. I know it can be done. I’ve contradicted myself before. Secondly, people do explore robot showcase for things other then pointless teasers. For instance, I check them out for actual teasers(the new 111 teaser as a great example). Also, nobody is saying they are all lousy. It seems to be the consensus that just some are. Sure, they disagree about which ones are annoying and which ones aren’t. But, everyone seems to agree. Some teasers are good. Some are bad. Your post implies that you would even agree with this.
As for the future of this thread: I will not be posting on this thread again. This thread seems to be falling into a flame war that is simply unbecoming. I have made my opinions known and they won’t change. I will always find fake teasers annoying.
Anyone else remember the good old days when seeing a teaser that you weren’t a fan of meant going back and looking at something else instead of complaining? I do, I miss those days…
I miss those days, too. :]
Karthik, people will stop singling you guys out after you stop winning everything. Take the bullseye on your back as a complement, wish we had one.
I updated our silly teaser with a picture of the assembled assembly. I know, SNR and all that, but meh. I can take a quick look at a photo and know to pass up the discussion or not.
Wetzel
Annoying teasers should be treated like obnoxious haircuts.
The problem with teasers is that teams are assuming the public at large cares about their robot. To be brutally honest, we don’t. I’m not showing favoritism here, but I learn the most from the robots that win, or are impressive in other ways. I learn nothing from a kitbot chassis.
I apologize for doing a teaser in a throwback to my 2006 one. No more will follow from me or my team.
Same here. I won’t post any more teasers from this non-winning team.
Ignored until they grow out? :yikes: