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Re: [FIRST EMAIL] Stop Build Day Survey

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Originally Posted by dirtbikerxz View Post
We do work on the allowance, but it does limit the teams, instead of allowing free reign on the bot. With some of the withholding allowance we made this year, it took us most of the thursday before a regional to get it properly mounted and tested on the bot. Which costed us valuable practice time. We effectively traded practice time to add more functions to the bot. It would not have been the same "challenge" if we were allowed to work on the bot the whole time.
Of course it would not be the same challenge, that's why we should get rid of the bag, because it's an artificially harder challenge for lower and mid tier teams than it is for the best teams in the world. Having more money, members, mentor, and resources makes it possible to build longer and produce a better robot.
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