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Re: Update #16
I read most of the thread, and here is my take on it
Is it fair, No
I agree with everyone who says this is a bad thing, but to play devils advocate, what if........*start waynes world flashback noise*
Team 1337 shows up for NJ, week one, competes through out competition, in Quarterfinal 1 match 2 1337 take some damage to a component of their ramp, a peice of metal need to be cut to fix it, all is done via time out, and 1337's wins their next match and eventually the whole regional.
Team 1923 competed against 1337 that match saw they were broken, and then fixed didnt think anything of it, and ship their robot to Vegas for their second regional, 1923 competes throughout seeding round and in qt1m1 their ramp breaks but that venue doesn't allow the use of bandsaws to cut stuff..... 1923 would be pretty upset about this.
while i find it weird doing this after week one events as most people would most likely agree, i think that if this is the case, maybe to level the playing field at all events. then i could live with this, if this is just a case of CYA then well FIRST needs to rethink its a) time frame and b) its definition of common sense. i.e. one machine shop for 60 teams.....
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