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I like the idea of a pre-match inspection on teams at finals. Not to supercede the safety inspection on practice day. But, as an additional verification that nothing got onto the robot after the initial inspection.
However, if such a thing were done, then it would have to be a very fundamental inspection. Ie. weight, size, no unexpected motors popping up.
It would be a crime to disqualify a finalist simply because different inspectors have different opinions about rule M4. Or somebody realizes that you sanded an edge on your joystick and DQs you for "modifying the kit joysticks."
I like Andy's pre-ship inspect for rookies. I remember being terrified of our first inspection. A preinspection would have removed one of our many concerns.
Also, teams that are really struggling 2 days before ship would have some really top notch people showing up to give them a boost with a couple of days to really fix things.
These teams would have been identified prior to regionals. And perhaps some help could be organized for practice day.
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