[LordTalps]

I've been on both sides. I'm in favor of simply going out to get food, because it gives your mind a break from constantly working on the robot, and you'll enjoy your food/drink more. I've also brought food in for our mentors (was actually starbucks) who'd been working around the clock on our robot, and needed their fixes. I'm not terribly worried about the idea of breaking this rule, though I'm less happy about it than simply going out for food.

That stadium prices are expensive isn't really an excuse to bring food in though. It's expensive, but as far as I've seen and heard you're always able to leave the stadium and go get food/drink elsewhere. You just can't do it and work on the bot at the same time. Our lunches provided by FIRST/stadium (whoever did it) sufficed as our drinks for inside the stadium.