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[ChrisP]

Originally Posted by _Tanto_

little harsh dont you think?

Lifes too rough for you? should god give you some free time that all of the other teams dont get?

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by ChrisP

Lifes too rough for you? should god give you some free time that all of the other teams dont get?

No, I agree that if you are just going to whine about tough design challenge FIRST isn't for you. Time limits are a design constraint we all have to face in the real world, whining about them won't get them changed.

This post went over the line, if you can't provide useful advice don't be a smart mouth.

[JGecko146]

Originally Posted by ChrisP

Lifes too rough for you? should god give you some free time that all of the other teams dont get?

Hey, we get that you have a strong opinion but there is no need to be rude. How about using a little gracious professionalism?

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

The teams complaining about losing time should have thought of this last night or the day before and either put in even more hours during those days or moved their robots and tools they need to someone's garage. It is as simple as that.

Akash,

Fairfax County Public Schools (home of seven FRC teams) have been closed since last Friday. They've already canceled tomorrow and Friday. That means schools will be closed from Friday the 5th until at least Monday the 15th. Even if teams were able to get some of their parts and materials out of their shops/work spaces, they have been denied access to the rest of their material and large tools for better than a week. Beyond that there are a number of completely unusable roads and power outages that prevent teams from working even outside of school.

Despite even the best planning, this is a major setback.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by ChrisP

Lifes too rough for you? should god give you some free time that all of the other teams dont get?

With this winter being the heaviest snowfall on record, BEFORE the storm yesterday that dropped another 10 inches, and NOT INCLUDING whatever will come from the NEXT possible snowstorm they are now forecasting on Monday, it is quite a difficult situation. Many of the teams I work with are not allowed to meet outside of school without field trip forms. Some school districts have been closed for 13 days, that is 30% of the build season. A poll with the majority of teams in MD, DC and VA has an AVERAGE lost workdays at more than a week, 10 days. Just about any real project out there that suffered a loss of so much of the project time would suck it up, pay the costs, and buy some more time.

This is where some planning and coordination can be helpful, so when teams arrive at events, they will be able to help each other get running and running well quickly.

No robot left behind.
Wetzel

[ChrisP]

Sorry if i came off a bit angry, but we are struggling to finish our robot in our given time constraint, what i meant to say was GOOD LUCK!
(i need sleep)