FRC Blogged - An Early Option

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I'm a little confused as to how FIRST expects teams to be ready to order parts before knowing what their robot is going to even roughly look like. Won't this just encourage people to start "pre-building"?

What can you pre-build that will give you a leg up on other teams?

I see this as good for international teams and taking a load off AM after kickoff when everyone places orders. Most teams already know what they want from FIRST Choice with the exception of game related materials.