Snow compensation?

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

I really hope so

Seeing as robots were bagged last night, I really doubt a change is coming...

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Seeing as robots were bagged last night, I really doubt a change is coming...

If anything was coming it would have probably been in the Tuesday update. If nothing related to withholding allowance shows up on the Friday scheduled update, there is no hope.

I know New York/New England area got #rekt but FIRST only raised the withholding allowance during seasons where over half of the teams missed over a week of time, which wasn't the case this year.

[Brandon_L]

My only suggestion would be to remember your withholding allowance! I'm a day late but its totally legal to pop off a part of your robot (say, elevator, manipulator, whatever) and keep it out of your bag and continue to work on it, as long as when you bring it to the event it is at or under the withholding allowance. We had a season a few years ago where we only bagged a drivetrain. You can even lawyer it a bit and remove COTs parts from your assembly and then reassemble it at the event (motors or other heavy COTs parts) to cut weight.

In the past we've made rigs/woodbots/mockups and mounted whatever we're still working on to that so we can continue. Helps if you have a practice bot but totally not needed.

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

If anything was coming it would have probably been in the Tuesday update. If nothing related to withholding allowance shows up on the Friday scheduled update, there is no hope.

I know New York/New England area got #rekt but FIRST only raised the withholding allowance during seasons where over half of the teams missed over a week of time, which wasn't the case this year.

What good would it do teams now? It's not like you can magically transport and extra 15 lbs or whatever outside the bag at this point... increasing the withholding allowance after bag day doesn't really help the vast majority of the teams...

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

What good would it do teams now? It's not like you can magically transport and extra 15 lbs or whatever outside the bag at this point... increasing the withholding allowance after bag day doesn't really help the vast majority of the teams...

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