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Originally Posted by Jared341
Considering that this is a high school robotics competition, and one that preaches professional values as its core tenant, I would hope that the honor system is enough. I question the sanity, even moreso than the morality, of anyone who cheats to win a plastic trophy from a competition for 15-18 year olds.
Moreover, if someone wants to cheat, there are plenty of other ways they could do it. Bringing in more than the witholding allowance, lying about cost, a myriad of robot-related modifcations, etc. I guess my point is, "cheaters gonna cheat" - don't put any more burden on the vast majority of honest teams (or on already-overburdened volunteers) to worry about it.
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Jared is on the money here. If you don't abide by the honor system, there's not much reason for you to compete in something where the real engineering challenge is to do incredible things on such a tight deadline. You will end up cheating yourself of the experience.
We haven't had any reported incidents so far, so I don't expect any.