We aren't planning on not using them, our current design uses non textrix parts, I am just afraid that they will change the rules again, and we will have to redesign.
And yes we got that free kit, but what if we want a second minibot or want to prototype, the kit doesn't come with motor controllers, or break some of the few parts that were in the kit. I mean seriously this is more just a boost for textrix, but yeah.
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In addition, every year FIRST has a new 'end game'. Whether it be the '10 lift, or the '07 ramp, those end games sometimes require special mechanisms to compete. Those always cost money as well.
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Those endgame parts, though requiring us to "buy materials" require everyone to buy materials, but not materials from a of a specific brand. It would be like saying that you could only make your hangers last year by using a winch. But in this case they being overly restrictive, imagine if hanging last year prohibited use of stored energy from anything other than the battery supplied during the finale period. What if they said that you had to only use
one type of material to build your ramps in 2007. There wouldn't have been as much variety, and the game would have lost a lot of its inspirational aspect, at least in my opinion it would be less inspiring.
Just saying....