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Originally Posted by Clinton Bolinger
Our team would rather have more matches at MSC than having addition unbag/practice/repair time. Personally, I feel that Michigan teams have considered this potential problem and build robots that can handle the additional playtime that comes from the district model. Or they have modular / quick change designs that can easily have replacement part ready to go.
Last year we had 67 matches (2 Hours, 30 Minutes, and 45 seconds) before attending the Championship.
-Clinton-
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67 matches! Wow. We are used to under 30 matches in a season. I agree that gradually over the last few years that you ran the district model, teams have gotten better at designing for that extra wear and lack of time. My team is new to this and I'm sure over time we'll adapt and get better too. We, as well as others, designed for reliability this year, made lots of spares for systems, and thoroughly abused our practice robot in anticipation of playing more matches but it's still a bit scary.
Thanks for the insight, Clinton. And congrats to your team (and alliance) on the win at Kettering! You guys have a cool robot and it was fun to watch you play.