M30?

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

Offseason competition and offseason projects are two different things. If the OP wanted to build a minibot for the heck of it and used M30. Or wanted to use it for evaluating the benefits of m30 over his other options (perhaps for inclusion in other parts of the robot) I would be completely supportive. However, to basically disregard a rule because it is the offseason is, in addition to cheating, rude to your opponents.

If the issue was availability then the OP needs to investigate other options that are in line with the rules.

Note, I responded that it was illegal because the rules say it is. My morals tell me that breaking the rules for a competitive advantage is wrong. As for why I claim the OP should have searched or asked his sponsor is because M30 is pretty generic and he could potentially add more information than what he provided.

We routinely enter multiple robots into offseason events, and for the sake of getting things done we often run illegal motors, too many motors, sometimes "illegal" wiring, wrong radios, missing Robot signal lights, out of size box, etc...

Never have these robots been better than our actual comp bot, and the illegal things we did provided no competitive advantage.

If an event were to try to enforce these rules on us, we simply wouldn't come back again. The point of offseason events (at least nears us) is for people to get some experience and have a good time, if it's not breaking gameplay rules and it's not a direct competitive advantage, go for it.

Obviously, events will vary, so check if your event is doing strict inspections to avoid potential issues.