I admit that I really wanted to see the harpoons in action on the field, fully working. I think it's an amazing idea.
From an engineering perspective, I think it's impressive if a team came out from a six week build season with it, let alone a 7ish hour time period. Well done to all that contributed, I remember walking past it in the pits and being amazed!
From an educational perspective, I think it must be incredibly inspiring to work closely alongside teams such as 1114 and 148.
However, from a sporting/competition perspective, I think it's a dangerous precedent that should be discouraged in some way.
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Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux
Then fault the GDC and FIRST for allowing it, not the teams operating within the rules.
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They tried to ban it. It just happens to be an incredibly difficult thing to outlaw and had to leave it as a loophole.