[Protronie]

Extending the ship date is a cop out. In the business world you have deadlines and there are penalties for missing your deadline.
I also feel FIRST should hold the shipper's feet to the fire as hard as they hold the teams. Extending for any reason is unacceptable.
If you live in an area where bad weather can be expected then maybe you should have put forth the intense effort at the beginning of the build season as you do towards the last few days. Something to think about next year... do as much as you can as soon as you can... getting done early is aways a good thing.

Now as for this year... I totally agree that the time at the events should be extended so teams that shipped less than complete robots will have a chance to finish their robot. This sort of thing also happens often especially in auto racing.

Teams working around the clock in shifts is the best way I see as making productive use of limit time. One or two people trying to stay awake for 24 plus hrs only ask for mistakes and accidents. Break the work needed up... make work crews and work shifts then go to it.

Good luck to the teams that will be shipping robots in need of a few last bolts and congrats to the teams that have been practicing with their robots for the last few days.
I hope all remember the lessons learned.