[FIRST EMAIL] Stop Build Day Survey

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Monochron

Removing SBD will put undue pressure on teams who do not currently work past SBD. If it is removed, then (because "everyone else works up until competition") they will feel like they need to work up until competition in order to keep up.

I'm having a tough time with this logic. If the teams who do not work past SBD are ok not working in the current system, where they can utilize withholding, unbags, or building additional robots - how does removing the stop bag put more pressure on them? Theyre already making a choice to not work on the robot through these avenues...

Originally Posted by Monochron

Removing SBD will mean less work for teams that build a second robot (they can focus their efforts on one robot if they want), but more work on lower resource teams who only build one robot.

On your second point in red, think about it this way. If these teams already build two robots, they already have access to all the 'awesomeness' that comes from not working around a bag. Opening the rules makes this activity simply less wasteful. The teams that build just one robot would have to work less hard to achieve the same level of on-field performance than they currently do.

It's almost as if you're saying teams who WANT to have access to their robot outside of a bag (teams who build two robots) should have a handicap (build a second robot) so the rest of the competition who is content with their current performance doesn't have to feel bad about not working as hard.

-Brando