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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

Yeah. And there was that one team that showed up at Lone Star with a 118" frame perimeter too. Man did those guys make a real rookie mistake.

You think that's bad? At Lone Star there was another team that enabled their robot without putting it on blocks and it almost ran over my drive team and head scout! Maybe we should also put programming locks on the cRIOs that check for 2x4's under the robot before enabling off the field

Seriously, though, this year we took the Bastrop rookie team under our wing and it was a really helpful experience for both of our teams because we helped them avoid a lot of the rookie mistakes we made, and it helped us be extra mindful of various rules & also reminded us of what it feels like to approach this whole endeavor with a blank slate.

Maybe it would be a good idea for teams to just cluster together, rookie, veteran, whatever, and from time to time during the build season to do practice or mini-inspections on each other's designs and robots. I know some teams like to keep designs to themselves, but I think it would be really helpful for all involved...just a thought.