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Re: No Ship Day?

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Originally Posted by E Dawg View Post
Intriguing...

Although having more days to work on the robot would be excellent, I hope that there is a set bag'n'tag date. 6 weeks is already a lot of time (especially for the mentors) away from family. I should think that HQ wouldn't increase the time longer than it already is.

In addition, I think that increasing the build time may give some teams an unfair advantage at Nationals. Since competitions are staggered over the course of several weeks, those teams who have earlier events are at a disadvantage compared to other teams, especially those who can only afford to go to one event (other than Nationals, of course).
Before this thread goes to much further, anyone with an opinon on this issue should first read through this thread. The 442 posts pretty much encompass every argument and view point on the issue.
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