[FIRST EMAIL] Stop Build Day Survey

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by JABianchi

That quote was a summary from my entire post, whose main point was how resources would need to be stretched out further with a longer build time. Teams with more resources have more of an ability to stretch them out. (Please note that money is not the only, or even most important, resource.)

I understand your point that less-resourced teams would have more ability to develop a better robot, but wouldn't the same be even truer of a well-resourced team? Or would having no restrictions on stop build not change the way top teams develop their robots?

See my post above, but to answer directly: Eliminating stop-build day would have very little effect on how we develop our robot (see Cory's explanation as well)

Originally Posted by JABianchi

With Stop Build, all teams are still making some progress in their own way, but it's dampened progress, slowing down the acceleration of the gap between them.

(I think our vantage points on what constitutes a "top" team makes a big difference in this discussion. If we define it as teams that qualify for World Championships, do you think they all have fully-built practice fields? )

Many teams that qualify for WCMP do so for off-field reasons (Chairmans, IE, RAS, Waitlist), so I think you'd have to evaluate a certain sub-set of teams at WCMP to understand how stop-build day impacts "top" teams.

I think many "top" teams (district points Qualifiers or Regional Alliance Captain/1st pick winners) have either a practice bot(s), practice field, or both. That's just my guess though

Best,

-Mike