Cheesecake robot. How far is too far?

[Nuwanda]

Isn't the goal of FIRST to inspire students towards STEM? It's more than just the robot and certainly more than winning. Helping a team add a mechanism without disabling other features of their robot can be beneficial to everyone. However, picking a team to completely rebuild or replace their bot isn't. The situation on Curie with 1114 last year was difficult to watch. I wouldn't have wanted to be on the team being rebuilt. Seeing six weeks of work go down the drain wouldn't have been worth a win for my team. The point should be people putting forward their own work and what they've learned. If winning is worth more than that dedication and work, I wonder if you're doing this for the right reasons. You can help other teams without throwing away everything they've done.