When exactly does the "kick" in kickoff occur?

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Originally Posted by Dinokaiz2

When exactly does build season technically start?

To be more specific, if I'm writing code privately from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM on 1/9 (assuming the kickoff stream starts at 10:30 AM and ends at 12:30 PM), at what point forward is the code I'm writing eligible to be used on this year's robot? Because all the code before that point wouldn't be R13 compliant.

Is it when the stream starts? Ends? When the password is released? When the game animation is shown?

The moment the password shows is when our team sees it as build season has started. Whether thats official, i dont know.