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Re: Spare parts and duplicate robots

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Originally Posted by TimCraig
Well, not all teams have exactly the same resources. And we know the way the team alliances are going to be formed. The teams who already have the most resources are going to be the ones getting together leaving everyone else that much further behind.
You might have a valid concern, if this were true.

Let's look at everyone who collaborated this year.

1114/1503/1680--We all know that the reason this collaboration was started was because the area couldn't support 3 independently operated teams. Combined, yes they do have a lot of resources. Individually, obviously they wouldn't.

70/494--As can be seen in this thread, 70 was on the verge of extinction until 494 stepped in and revived them.

980/4. I can't speak for this collaboration, but nobody has ever accused either of them of being rolling in dough in the past.

254/968--On the outside, you'd think that 968 has tons of money and resources, as they've had beautiful robots the past 4 years. Looks couldn't be more deceiving. They consistently achieve more with less than the vast majority of FIRST.

I don't see anywhere where two or more super powers are collaborating to wipe the competition off the map. I see 4 groups of teams who are all working together, each bringing different assets to the table, to inspire the maximum number of students possible.
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