[EricH]

Originally Posted by compwiztobe

In the crate days, we still had at least 30 lbs each year of withholding. In fact, in the last crate year (2010) we had 60(!) lbs, due to poor weather in the Northeast. Repair parts and upgrade parts are identical for the purposes of the weight limit brought in to an event.

Actually, back in MY crate days, we had unlimited and no withholding.

Replacement parts were pretty much unlimited. Upgrade parts were limited, I forget just how. However, the TIME you had to make 'em all was limited (at least for a few years) by this thing called a Fix-It window. Think a district event unbag time without robot access. (And yes, folks complained about the fix-it windows.)


My biggest negative that I haven't seen yet: Catching was undervalued by the GDC. Another 5-10 points, and I think the game could have been even MORE exciting. As it was, very few teams even had the capability showing, and even fewer tried it.