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Originally Posted by dirtbikerxz
I personally am a fan of the bag. We don't have a lot of resources, we are a team of 2 mentors and 6 active students. We definitely don't have time to build a second bot, and we barely finish (or don't finish some years) before bag day. But it offers a challenge that I absolutely enjoy. While I know that a team like 118 that has 2+ bots, will most likely always beat us, I don't think we should move or remove build date.
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Lack of resources is one of the things we struggle with as well. We have very few dedicated mentors on our team (many of them are parents that float in and out) and very few members to boot. As a result, we meet nearly every night and weekend just to scrape a bot together. If build season were extended, we would have to continue that pace for much longer. I can give my time for robots for six weeks, but it's hard on my personal life, let alone adding four or more weeks to that. On the other hand, if we're not there, the students can't work, and that'd be doing a disservice to them. Eliminating bag and tag is not a fix for all teams in this position.