[ks_mumupsi]

I am glad to see this discussion on going here. However, it is disappointing that we have to have this type of a discussion.

I believe in the true spirit of GP, this should not be a questions, teams should understand that this was to allow teams additional development time of systems not keeping the entire robot back to spend more time improving it as a whole regardless of weight. I hope that we do not resort to such a competitive state in FIRST where we are no longer keeping in mind the true philosophy of FIRST - which is to "Inspire and Recognize"... The rest is all sweet candy.

Having gone through this as a student, a volunteer and now a mentor its difficult to see how quickly FIRST is changing and maybe sometimes not for the better.

Its as Dean said in the kickoff speech, we dont want to become like the other college or pro sports out there where it all becomes about winning and loosing.

I hope that we dont have to go to a regional questioning whether a team is bringing the appropriate amount or type of fabricated items or such.

see ya guys on the field.