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Originally Posted by GlassPrison142
Its too soon to do anything pseudo breakaway based
rich schools would just recycle their old breakaway bots, and teams (like mine) who use the parts of the previous year's bot will have to start from scratch, i dont see it working too well
but i wouldnt put it past the GDC, who knows
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In 2011 there was a rule in place to prevent exactly this from happening. I think it was in the rulebook in 2010... and 2009... and 2008... and going back as long as I can remember. It simply states that robots may not be designed or manufactured outside of the build season (I'm paraphrasing). While the "rich" teams may seem to use similar designs that is not because they are reusing parts. It is because they are reusing ideas and improving on them. Design, you see, is iterative. Iteration requires repeating periods of innovation and evaluation. (If anyone has tips on how I could put more 'ion's in this sentence I'd love to hear them)
I'll butt out now.