I fully share the remarks. The main problem of hwbot competitions (old and new) is that are limited to top hardware that costs so much or it's unrecoverable. It would be good for the next cup to make a thread to make the proposals and discuss (do not choose the first proposed draft) for each single stage.
For the old cup between nitrogen and hw purchased I have spent more than 600 euros, I do not even think what the Greeks spent. This leaves many old clockers aboard.