Mythical Six Week Build Season

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Nemo

Regarding weeks 7-12 in our current setup:
1) Top teams use that time - they have the money and commit the time to utilize it.
2) Some teams can't use that time effectively because they lack funding to make a practice robot.
3) Some teams can't use that time effectively because their people won't or can't commit that much extra time.

If we get rid of the bag deadline, that helps group #2, but it doesn't help group #3. Is that a good reason not to help group #2?

You would need to characterize group #2 better before a useful answer can be arrived at. Group #2a currently doesn't work past week 6 because they lack funding, but could take advantage of more time if they had it. Group #2b has never thought about asking people to work longer because they don't have the funding to do so under today's rules, but if they did ask they'd find themselves alongside Group #3.

So you'd be helping some of Group #2, and you'd be contributing to frustration and/or burnout of the rest. It's a tradeoff, not an obvious win.

And don't forget Group #4, who can't work longer on their robot because they must pack and ship their robot since they're traveling to a distant competition.