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re: tweaking

Posted by Dan, Other on team #247, da Bears, from Berkley High and PICO/Wisne Design.

Posted on 4/17/99 3:42 AM MST


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



While this discussion has been about the level of tweaking that
should, or should not, be allowed, I would like to add to the comments
about a team's chance to tweak at all. I believe the current system of
rules is inherently unfair especially for teams who can not make it
to any regional. Each regional gives a team six extra days to practice,
tweak and improve their robot. The more regionals a team goes to, the
more advantage (potentially) that team has over teams that go to fewer or
no regionals. The six-week ship rule is supposed to create a level playing
field but that is quickly lost in the current regional competition
structure. For example, a team that attends two regioanls has an extra
twelve days with their robot. What about the teams going to no
regionals...big disadvantage.

Here are some of my thoughts.

1. Limit each team to one regional and allow teams going to no regional
to keep their robot an extra six days after the ship date.

2. Get rid of the six-week ship date altogther and allow teams to compete
in as many regionals as they want. This way all are in possesion of
their robot for about the same amount of time. Its simple...start Jan xx,
ship April xx. Make one ship date prior to nationals.
It would provide teams a more relaxed schedule, more time to tweak and
practice, and more time to involve the students in the engineering
process.

As they say, thats two cents

Good luck to all in Florida!!
-Dan


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