Originally Posted by dodar

I'm sorry but this is just absurdly ignorant.

Your point 5 is valid for way more teams than those who just have "low resources."

Your point 4 is alos bad because withholding isnt just for entirely new systems. If any team wants to create backup parts for alot of their robot knowing that it is very likely to be damage or take damage over time, they wont be able to because the withholding allowance you propose is too little; thus cutting their season short for not have a competition capable robot.

Your point 3 is just pointless.

Your point 2 is probably the absolute worst one you made. Limiting teams to 1 regional is a slap in the face to those students and team members who worked for 6 weeks to build a robot and however long to fundraise there travel/competition money to only be told that they can only go to 1 competition; you tell those kids that they only get 10 matches guaranteed a year and watch how quick the life drains out of their faces.

Your point 1 also emphasizes the fact that you really dont understand what a practice robot is. Most teams that I have known to build practice robots build the entire robot simultaneously with their competition robot. That means they bag the whole thing and just use the extra for driver/programmer practice. Also, you seem to think teams with enormous resources only build practice robots; I know for a fact that teams without enormous resources and tons of students build practice robots no problem. Like many others have said, it truly does depend on student drive.

Also, I guess you've never heard of Beta testing.