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Originally Posted by Chris Fultz
Awards - several years ago we stopped doing robot awards. We found most teams were ready to go as soon as matches ended on Saturday, and didn't want to stay around for another hour of an awards ceremony. Also, by not having any pit judged awards, no students have to spend two days in the pits waiting for judges to come by - they can all be out enjoying the event.
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As a student attending IRI, I was glad there were no awards. Especially since only eight students on our team could attend (due to the timing in the summer and the distance from Idaho), we would not have appreciated having to keep anybody in the pits for two days waiting for a five-minute discussion. And since so many teams at IRI had amazing robots, it could have been a travesty to only recognize a few. At least in my opinion, awards belong at official events (or even the more local off-season events) where the best robots stand out better, and teams are more likely to have the bandwidth to devote students and time to competing for them.