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To be pro or con.. that is the question

Posted by colleen, Student on team #126, Gael Force, from Clinton High School and Nypro.

Posted on 4/16/99 10:24 PM MST


In Reply to: MAJOR TWEAKING posted by Bill Beatty on 4/15/99 10:07 PM MST:




i've yet to have a chance to read through the thread following your message Mr. Beatty, but i would just like to make a comment..

i don't know whether i'm pro or con.. fact is, that this is my fourth year on my team, and we've really only done tweaking and replacement of used parts with new ones in those three days after regionals, before shipping to nationals.

but, a point i'd like to make. i know that in '95 i was in eighth grade and took a little ride up to NH to watch the regional competition (that was the 1st time the national wasn't in NH).. the Clinton/Nypro team didn't fair so well, in fact, i think we finished very close to the bottom of the rack that year. however, seeing an ineffective ball pickup, they took the then 4/5 days they had to work and threw on a new pickup system that carried them to 2nd place in the national competition.

so why i can't decide whether i'm for or against the idea?.. cause of moments like that... i see nothing wrong with what the team did there, but most rules outlawing change would've taken away the team's run for silver. however, i see totally what you're saying, the idea of someone building parts/robots in between is unfair/illegal... is there a happy medium that we could come to that would allow people to change (cause i know that FIRST people can work well, quickly, and efficiently, and many could handle that major change in that 3 day period) before shipping but not out of the crate?

is there some way all teams could get inspected, or at least checked as to the major components on their robot as soon as the unload so that any added major parts in the pit area could be detected?.. i don't know..what's everyone else's spin? (nevermind.. i'll read through the thread i suppose!)


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