[IKE]

As many new areas are going into District format, I would like to remind folks about designing for durability.

In the past, if you went to one regional, you could expect 8 qualifying matches and hopefully at least 4 Elims matches (making it to semis). Basically, you could plan on 12-20 matches.

Now, playing districts, you might see 12 qualifying, and have an even higher likelihood of making it into elims. Plus you will be doing at least 2 events which means a high likelihood of 30-40 matches. Plus another 12-20 if you make it to a district championship. plus another 20-ish if you play a third district. Plus another 12-20 if you make it to championship...

Last year FRC33 had 92 official matches at teh end of the World Championship. Throw in a few practice matches at each event, and they likely exceded 100 matches.

Then with offseasons, teams may see another 20-30 matches. Suddenly you have a need for a robot to last 150 matches instead of 15-ish...

Total run time changed from under 1 hour to around 7 hours.

What (if anything) are teams doing now that they are seeing a lot more matches?