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Re: The 6 Week Build Season and 'Mentor Burnout'

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Originally Posted by IanW View Post
I feel that this would be easier to implement, though there would need to be penalties in place for late completion/failing to complete the test. However, the penalties also couldn't prevent teams from competing. A rules test could even serve as the milestone described above.
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How about penalizing teams who have not passed or taken the rules test by forcing them to put their robot into a bag after 6 week while everyone else can keep working on their robot?


This tread is a little too serious. Well a more piratical solution we used this year was: we talked to an inspector who mentors a neighboring team. he pointed out our shooter needed a shield. Saved us some time on thursday.
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