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Originally Posted by Natchez
Too much time to build a 'bot
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There's never enough time to build a robot technically, you can always improve something.
I think this could be a very interesting idea. I dont know how they would manage to hide the field for 4 days in the middle of the Georgia Dome, but I'm sure they could pull it off.
As for no offseason, thats not necessarily true. Teams could still particpate in off season events for the previous game, and maybe they could be incorperated with new game's practice scrimmages.
Things I like:
-less build season stress
-less daily time commitment (great for college students)
-getting behind schedule isnt as bad
-more time to improve things
-actually have the time to fully design the robot in Inventor, then build it (catch problems on the computer rather than in the real world)
-ability to show potential sponsors the project you are actually working on, not something you have done in the past
Things I dont like:
-now I'll have to wait 8 months to see what everyone else's robot looks like
-summer could be an issue for college mentors + going home (although teams could just wait until the fall)
-FIRST staff may be overloaded (fall has FLL, FVC already).