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Originally Posted by EricVanWyk
I tentatively disagree with you on this topic. For example: the Kinect was explicitly illegal, but I still think it is an awesome off-season project. Even if it is still illegal next season, the students will gain some seriously cool experience.
This thread's particular potential rule violation is a little less vague, but it could still potentially have some validity. If it was a pure matter of availability and everyone involved knew the reason and the effects of the deviation, I believe it could be acceptable. If it was a matter of M30 being superior to PC, perhaps not.
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Offseason competition and offseason projects are two different things. If the OP wanted to build a minibot for the heck of it and used M30. Or wanted to use it for evaluating the benefits of m30 over his other options (perhaps for inclusion in other parts of the robot) I would be completely supportive. However, to basically disregard a rule because it is the offseason is, in addition to cheating, rude to your opponents.
If the issue was availability then the OP needs to investigate other options that are in line with the rules.
Note, I responded that it was illegal because the rules say it is. My morals tell me that breaking the rules for a competitive advantage is wrong. As for why I claim the OP should have searched or asked his sponsor is because M30 is pretty generic and he could potentially add more information than what he provided.