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Originally Posted by sanddrag
I've read this whole thread. What nobody has mentioned yet is that this whole thread is just more reinforcement for the idea that bagging is almost pointless and should just go away. Basically, to be both competitive and legal, you have to have a practice robot AND a separate set of spares. For many items this year, that's actually what we did. That gets expensive fast. We can't afford to sustain this kind of expense every year.
Do away with practice bots, either by specifically disallowing them or by ditching the bag. Problems solved. The build season hasn't truly been 6 weeks since over half a decade ago.
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We ought to have a thread to discuss the details of those two options (compared to the status quo). Putting together an effective rule to ban practice robots would be a challenging exercise in balancing a lot of competing interests. By the same token, if they eliminate the bag, should FIRST impose any limits on fabrication and modification past the end of the 6 weeks—and if so, how and why?