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Originally Posted by Natchez
You Make The Call (YMTC) is a series of situations where you can be the ref and make the call.
Bluateam arrived at the Magnolia Regional, uncrated Bluabot, and ran their 3 practice rounds on Thursday. In each practice round, Bluabot threw a chain on the right drive train. Bluateam tried to repair the drive train during the day on Thursday but couldn't get the sprocket spacings and alignment correct. So, Bluateam took their right drive train back to the hotel along with a handful of 3/8" flat washers, a couple of screwdrivers and an adjustable wrench to make some final tweaks. At 4:00 am, Bluateam had the drive train working beautifully so they disassembled it in preparation for Friday morning. On Friday, Bluateam reassembled the drive train and put it on Bluabot. Bluabot swept through the seeding rounds and ultimately won the Magnolia Regional.
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This would be against the rules. You're only allowed to work on your robot as long as the pits are open. What they left with (a dysfunctional drive train) is different from what they came back with (a pile of parts). They had six weeks to get the drive train perfect, as well as the time in the pits.