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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
At a lower ny event you could probably win with an Ri3d build. In fact I believe in all of lower ny (around 100 teams) only one team builds a practice robot.
Now if your talking winning svr, or dallas, or waterloo then yes to win you pretty much need a practice robot. Less with dallas because of the time but you get the point.
This year we are making a prototype bot so we will have something to drive around after bag day but, Idk if I would call it a practice bot. If however we have a simple robot we might change stuff up and have a full fledged practice robot. The biggest obstacle is money especially since we will have to buy another kop drive train (missed the opt out period).
Overall no at most events.
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There is definitely more than 1 team that builds a practice robot for NYC/LI. More like a handful do, and while I agree that you don't need one to win either regional, it says something about the program when even at such low scoring events such as those, there are teams that still build practice robots. *shrug*
Some people like it, I personally think it creates an uneven playing field.