[EricH]

Originally Posted by SC4FLL

Are you sure it was the competition base? Many teams practice building but as far as I know, no one would risk a DQ and build early.

That would be one major DQ, too. Only every match at the event, unless HQ intervened, and alliance partners would get them too if the robot made it to the field.

Let me put it this way, though: It's a major enough foul to act as a significant deterrent. However, actually getting it called would take a really, really good look at the team's build. And even getting that going would mean first saying that two team members have deliberately put their signature on a document saying that they did NOT start before Kickoff, knowing that they did in fact start before Kickoff. I highly doubt that FIRSTers would do that... but it takes all kinds to make a world, so there's the possibility, slim though it may be.


I agree with the rest: 99% chance of it being a prototype. I know my team built one drivebase and had another frame built in the offseason... And I know that neither one is on a competition robot.