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Originally Posted by Hjelstrom
I would say one main difference between FRC and VEX is that in VEX you can't just build one robot. The robot designs evolve as the season progresses. Good designs get copied rapidly and better designs have to be created in order to stay competitive. The entire robot typically gets re-designed a few times in a season. I believe FRC would become a season-long crunch as the best teams try to out-do each other by bringing new robots to each competition. Sure we all try to do that now but it is contained well by the rules.
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I think that this applies to FRC right now. 30 lbs. of pre-fab. parts is a lot of robot. With district systems being rolled out, you may have 6 hours of open bag time 2-3 times a season, plus 30 lbs. of parts to fabricate 3-4 times per season. Is your team foolish for not taking advantage of these allowances? Let's just say the robot is never done until next year's game is announced.
Game data shows that alliance scores increase throughout the season. In addition to teams learning how to play the game, modifications are being made.
Anyone feel like doing an analysis of how alliance scores change through the season before and after the introduction of bag&tag and withholding allowance?