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GGCO	05-01-2013 01:37

Reminder: The FIRST Alliance Kickoff Live Stream/Chat

Hey guys and gals!

At The FIRST Alliance we're pumped for kickoff so we're inviting you all to join us for our live stream and live chat of the kickoff! We're also going to mirror the game manual once it's released too, so be sure to look for that.

Next, make sure to follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook to get real-time updates of all the exciting TFA news!

One more thing! You'll also notice some minor changes we've made based on the excellent feedback we've received from the community.

Thanks everyone and see you at kickoff!

Andrew Schreiber

05-01-2013 01:40

Re: Reminder: The FIRST Alliance Kickoff Live Stream/Chat

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Originally Posted by GGCO (Post 1207570)

We're also going to mirror the game manual once it's released too, so be sure to look for that.

Trouble reading eh?
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...-one-day-to-go

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Hosting Documents or Files

It’s very important that FIRST, and only FIRST, host FIRST content. That is to say, rather than taking the documents and files you can find through usfirst.org and hosting them on your own sites, we need teams to link to our information instead. There are two main reasons:
Version control. Our documents and files may change over time. If a 3rd party host links to the original content instead of the original content, any updates we make will carry through. If the content is hosted instead of linked, the content may become obsolete, but with no notification to the user.
Intellectual property. While we’re not particularly possessive of our content, we do have a responsibility to protect FIRST IP. it’s not all created by FIRST, but it’s created for FIRST. So, re-hosting content may or may not infringe on donation agreements, licensing agreements or other matters that may not be public knowledge.

GGCO	05-01-2013 02:01

Re: Reminder: The FIRST Alliance Kickoff Live Stream/Chat

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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber (Post 1207573)

Trouble reading eh?
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...-one-day-to-go

No I can read just fine Andrew. Thanks for your concern though. We'll be looking into this. We're concerned about FIRST DDoSing themselves and are aware of their official response to people who've inquired about this in the past.

Tetraman

05-01-2013 08:23

Re: Reminder: The FIRST Alliance Kickoff Live Stream/Chat

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Originally Posted by GGCO (Post 1207578)

We're concerned about FIRST DDoSing themselves and are aware of their official response to people who've inquired about this in the past.

That problem can be fixed by letting everyone know to download the encrypted file from FIRST's website now, and then on your site host a notepad with the password.

mobilegamer999

05-01-2013 09:50

Re: Reminder: The FIRST Alliance Kickoff Live Stream/Chat

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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber (Post 1207573)

Trouble reading eh?
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...-one-day-to-go

I was un-aware of those specific regulations, and therefore will not be hosting the document on our site. We will however link to usfirst.org with a copy of the password on our site. However I would like to state that there are many more ways that the aforementioned notice could have been stated other than asking if we have trouble reading.

Mike AA

05-01-2013 10:23

Re: Reminder: The FIRST Alliance Kickoff Live Stream/Chat

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Originally Posted by mobilegamer999 (Post 1207639)

Actually this has been stated every year before and after kickoff dozens of times. DO NOT HOST COPIES OF THE MANUAL.

mobilegamer999

05-01-2013 10:31

Re: Reminder: The FIRST Alliance Kickoff Live Stream/Chat

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Originally Posted by Mike AA (Post 1207650)

Actually this has been stated every year before and after kickoff dozens of times. DO NOT HOST COPIES OF THE MANUAL.

I have honestly never seen any messages in previous years about not hosting the manual. All we were trying to do this year was make it easier for everybody to get the manual.

Alan Anderson

06-01-2013 00:28

Re: Reminder: The FIRST Alliance Kickoff Live Stream/Chat

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Originally Posted by mobilegamer999 (Post 1207661)

I have honestly never seen any messages in previous years about not hosting the manual.

Trouble seeing, eh? :p That's the most prominent one I can think of from last year. I recall similar messages for the past several years, including one on the FIRST web site.

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All we were trying to do this year was make it easier for everybody to get the manual.

It seem to me that the only people who would know of these unauthorized mirrors are the ones reading the Chief Delphi forums. They would obviously already know to download the files in advance of the rush.

Andrew Schreiber

07-01-2013 15:30

Re: Reminder: The FIRST Alliance Kickoff Live Stream/Chat

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Originally Posted by mobilegamer999 (Post 1207639)

However I would like to state that there are many more ways that the aforementioned notice could have been stated other than asking if we have trouble reading.

I'll remember to use one of the less playful ones next time someone ignores rules.

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