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Re: [FTC]: Scoring Program Can't Schedule More Than 5 Matches per Team

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Originally Posted by Foster View Post
High cost of the robot, high cost of the entry for the event, transportation, food and only getting 5 plays seems like pretty bad value proposition.
VEX seems like a bad value proposition to me. I'd much rather my students learn about design and the manufacturing of your design than "let's buy a specific set of parts and be limited by that". My students build a completely customized robot using a combination of 3D printed, CNC'd and manually milled parts after being designed from the ground-up in CAD. VEX is cool but students in more customizable programs learn a lot more and in turn become more inspired.
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