To extend or not to extend the ship date!

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

1. FIRST has extended the date before for weather... in that case it was primarily a big Eastern storm... We were given 2 extra days to ship.
This was about 3 years ago as I recall. I seem to remember it happening twice as a matter of fact.... so for those that seem to think that it can't happen because FIRST will not do it... they already have done it..

It did happen twice, in fact. In 2004, teams were given two extra days because of all of the KOP packing snafus. It certainly helped 1293 out, although we weren't affected.

One thing that should probably be noted is that robots have come together under far worse conditions. Might I note, for the record, then-rookies 1396 at the Championship in 2004? They came to Atlanta on Thursday morning to find an empty pit--no crate. By the time the pits closed that night, they had a box on wheels in motion. I should further emphasize that this was pre-Kitbot FIRST. What's more, they finished around the middle of the Archimedes division, which was pretty stacked that year (including stacked with the eventual world champions). If it can be done under those conditions in 12 hours, it can be done in most any situation.

You build the best robot you can with your resources, time included.