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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
First, I would like say team 217 will be strictly following the rules. Even if our practice robot breaks we will not fix it unless we are within the fix it windows(that's basically what the rules say, right?).
With that said, what, exactly does this set of rules accomplish?
For those of you that say the playing field is level for week 1 teams, I ask you this:
Why does my team get 30 hours of fix-it before our 1st regional (week 3) and a week 1 team only gets 10?
The only thing this rule does is make the teams weaker at their first event. Many teams will not be scoring right away due to simple bugs that could have been fixed given the opportunity.
The big picture is this: WE want people not involved in FIRST to watch us. If our robots are not working correctly due to some obscure rules, then people not involved in FIRST will be uninterested.
You can put me on the side of "we think these rules help no one."
-Paul
P.S. - I will have a lot to say about this after the season is over.
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Is this true? If I attend week one and week two events, I can work on my robot Thursday, Friday, 8AM until 8PM and Saturday 8AM until 4PM. That is 32 hours plus 10 hours fix it window. That is 42 hours times two weekends, or 84 hours I have to work on our robot. That is almost three times as much as Paul who is competing in week three for the first time. If I have to go up against the ThunderChickens I think that is just about right. Good luck to all.
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