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Originally Posted by Adam Freeman
We can't really know what FRC teams would or would not do based on this hypothetical situation. But, there are other "open season" robotics competition out there that are relatively comparable to FRC. Aren't both FTC and VEX, open season competitions? What happens in these types of competitions? Are the mentors burned out? Are they filling every hour of every day working on their machines? Are these even comparable to FRC mentors and robots?
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The FTC manual makes a point of stating, "The students do a majority of the work, but the mentor is there to offer guidance, suggestions, and coaching to keep the students on task and successful." Consequently, I respect that goal and am not as heavily involved with (or dedicated to, frankly) to our FTC program. It doesn't have the same appeal to me that FRC does. In the end, though, I think that if others are respecting the desire put forth in the manual, it's more difficult to compare FTC's open-ended season to FRC.
Some parallels can be drawn, but on our team, most people treat FTC as a diversion instead of something to be taken seriously on its own.