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Re: Thoughts on Ri3D and BuildBlitz

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Originally Posted by Racer26 View Post
What I find most telling about the whole situation, is that generally speaking, its the elites who are singing the praises of 72-hour builds the loudest.

I think this is because it raises the floor of the competition. Anything that helps get them more successful teams to work with is seen as a good thing.
I think that's a great thing, and for a good reason, but not the best reason. Raising the floor helps everyone be more inspired by the entire process.

And that said, I help another team that is struggling at emulating some Ri3D ideas--it's "easy" if you already know how to do all the stuff that those "floor" teams don't, and we're still going to see a lot of teams that don't build robots that can do more than drive (and in some cases, if that.)
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