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Originally Posted by the programmer
... a build season intensity schedule would be required all the way through champs.
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Required? Absolutely not. There's nothing that says every team HAS to compete at the same level. As Mike so clearly states, right now the best teams do keep up the intensity, and most likely ramp up as more information becomes available on other teams and new strategies, during the competition season. As you said, your team brings the intensity down after the build season. Those are choices that every team makes and every team can continue to make if there is no bag day. The difference would be how effective your time can be during the competition season. If you don't meet at all now, you could continue to not meet and play with the same robot you start the comp season with. If you do meet and currently build two robots, you could potentially drop it down to one robot and still perform the same functions. If you meet and build three robots now maybe you can get away with two and maintain efficiency. Nothing is ever going to completely level the playing field and I don't necessarily think we should try. But this will help teams who want to be competitive and have the drive but not the resources compete at a higher level.