[Joel J]

I believe that off-season competitions are just as important as any other competition. They are "lay-back" competitions in which you don't have alot of pressure on your shoulder. This allows you to enjoy the event without the usual "if I don't win, they'll kill me" attitude.

These off-season competitions also gives the participating teams another chance to play the game and to do better (if they didn't do well during the season). This greatly improves their willingness to come back for another year of robot competition.

Off-season competitions offer the perfect setting for teams to give other members a chance to operate the robot and gain experience for the next game. This is extremely useful to the adults, as it allows them to keep an eye out for good talent; It is also good for the students as they might realize that they are better robot operators than they thought.

Off-season competitions are just as important as any other competition. . .