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Re: Vote to change the format of FIRST.

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Originally Posted by BrendanB View Post
Because the week 5 robots were in their shops getting fined tuned for competition for weeks while week one teams had one week to get ready to compete. How is that fair?
I hate to point this out, but with the withholding amounts allowed every year, most even reasonably funded teams never stop working.

I remember, for instance, in 2008 at the Detroit Regional. We watched Team 27 (Rush) walk past our pits with nearly every kid carrying SOMETHING for that robot. From fabricated parts to raw materials. By the end of that competition, they were able to pull off the "shot heard round First" when they fired diagonally with 3 seconds to go and scored a hurdle from the other side of the field.

The good teams aren't good by chance. They don't stop working. Ever. Even if it's only making prints, trying them out in the shop, then building them at the regional.

Heck, there are teams that schedule out-of-Michigan regionals the first week or two so they can get their robot working perfectly before beginning the in-state events.

I'll say it again - good teams NEVER stop working on their bot. There is always something you can improve. A week 5 "bot" should be no different than a week 1 bot. If we're talking about both in week 5.
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