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Re: Weight

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Originally Posted by Katie Reynolds
Having a weight limit of 130 lbs is something teams have been able to count on year after year for a long time. While it would add to the challenge of next year's game, I think lowering the weight limit would cause a lot of frustration among teams especially if it's lowered by as much as 10 lbs.
This is the best reason yet to change (reduce) the weight restriction on FIRST robots for next year. Veteran teams have become complacent about this issue. Many of them start designing some of their subsystems in the fall, working under the assumption that the weight limit will be 130 pounds. They then have (yet another) leg up on the rookie teams and others that wait until the kick-off to really start planning out their machine.

Imagine the utter chaos that would ensue if every team really had to start from the same baseline of knowledge - or lack thereof! Imagine NOT being able to count on certain things to stay the same from year to year. It would do more to "level the playing field" between veteran and rookie teams than almost anything else FIRST could do.

It makes you wonder what sort of sick, twisted mind would do such a thing to all those innocent teams out there...

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