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Originally Posted by Mike Martus
Eliminate the fix it window....
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I agree.
1. It can't be and isn't enforced.
2. As Mike said, "Why stop the learning."
3. "The students are most energetic at ship date, and we want them to stop because of a fix-it-window." Paul Capioli
4. Teams that build a second robot have an advantage. NOT. We have done it and we waste all our time building the second robot and end up worse in the end, but the students are still learning.
5. Teams make large changes to fix problems. We are all learning from our mistakes. Note: Most teams are worse off because they can't get the new change working at the event.
6. As long as we all have the same amount of time, who cares.
7. All businesses are in this same type of competition with each other, and they don't have fix-it-windows.
8. May the best team win. We are all still learning.
These are my experiences after being in this for 7 years and still learning. We have yet to win anything, but we have fun. FIRST has done a great job every year designing a game that has many ways to win, simple to complex, but we always have too many rules. It is allot better then back in the day when we had to count screws and buy parts from certain companies. Let’s all state our views and help make this decision. The competition has come a long way for the good.