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Originally Posted by Wing
For your argument, I'd really like to point you over to (the now defunct) team 1771. Team 1771 has always operated on a very low budget, often having to build their robots on plywood.
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1771's 2008 robot is definitely one of the coolest robots I've ever seen. I'd also like to add that wood is also a
great building material for FRC. It is strong and reasonably lightweight when used correctly, and has a long history of successful uses in plenty of other structures. If you go back and look 1771 also used really quality stuff, so its not like their budget forced them to buy the junk they sell at Home Depot. Wood don't get no respect!
On topic:
I think the strongest argument for the defined build season is
Parkinson's Law: "Work expands so as to fill the time available for it's completion." If there was no build season we would all be frantically working on our robots until 4AM on Thursday, and then everyone would be overtired and cranky and nobody would have any fun at the competition. If nobody is having fun, chances are pretty good no one is getting inspired either.