Do we have to have a conversation about this game being a “cash grab”?

This game isn’t a cash grab. It is the game manual. The game isn’t the best and I am not excited, but one of the main examples of cash grabs are license plates. A student run business was shut down just because vex wanted some extra money (custom plates are technically still allowed but not 3d printed). Another example of this is taking away colored parts. This was a cool way for teams to stand out throughout the community, and now vex has even taken that away so those students have to buy new parts. Every robot in this game will look the exact same because no cosmetics are allowed (well, no distinguishing cosmetics). A final example of this is vision sensors. Teams who don’t have them (I don’t blame them, vision sensors WERE useless) have to buy new ones. The game isn’t the problem (it is a different problem) the manual is.