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Originally Posted by nerdrock101
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.
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Meeting more is not hard for us. All of us are super dedicated, even working on code and stuff into wee hours in the night at our respective homes. We will do anything that could help us win. But that said, I still say that we need bag day. I see it as a challenge that teaches students valuable lessons in time management and crunch time that they can't learn in many other places.