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Originally Posted by steelerborn
I know that we only have 6 weeks to build the best robot we possibly can. However what stops a team from building two bots, ship one, and then get an extra few weeks to practice driving with the other. I know that a few teams do this, and those teams are also very good.
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Nothing does. It's been known about for years, and is not disallowed. You should try it sometime.
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This is totally against the spirit of FIRST,
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I'm assuming by this you mean "against the 6 week build cycle". It's not, since you can't incorporate practice bot changes on your real robot outside of fix-it windows if I understand the rules correctly (I don't really need to as I'm not building one).
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and gives an unfair advantage to those teams
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How is it unfair? They worked harder to get more money to do so, and they chose to do so, which is a smart decision.
If you're able, yet unwilling, to do something completely within the rules, it's not "unfair" that others are doing what you don't. If you're unable... fundraise more!
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and should not be allowed.
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The GDC has had multiple opportunities to make it against the rules. Practice bots have been common since the introduction of autonomy.
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It all comes down to if you think Dean would be upset, or not, with what those teams are doing.
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No it doesn't. Even if it did, I'm sure many, MANY people in FIRST are fully aware of practice robots, and if it upset too many of them, it wouldn't be like it is now.