Update 21
 

People won't be happy...

http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/Robotics_Programs/FRC/Game_and_Season__Info/2011_Assets/Team_Updates/Team_Update_21.pdf



April Fools!

Re: Update 21
 

They lowered the point values of the minibots??

Re: Update 21
 

I wish this wasn't a joke update :(

Happy April Fool's!

Re: Update 21
 

Haha good catch. I was flipping out..

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It's only April in some parts of the country. For the rest, it's still March.

Good one.

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I got too excited when I saw the point values. *sigh*

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This will make most sense to Michigan teams:
This reminds me of how at states last year a new "rule" was made that the tunnel couldn't be blocked. Our team was thrilled to finally stand a chance against 469! Unfortunately, it was a joke rule :(.

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...not funny...I was legitimately concerned there...

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it's not even on the site haha. http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...nt.aspx?id=450

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You "hace" to watch the typos when creating believable fake documents ;)

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I agree, except for the accidental lane violation bit. That would have been a nice add.

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Team Update 21 isn't uploaded on the FIRST website, just sayin' :p

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To make it a little more believable, the author of the document should have said that taking advantage of the exception will result in a PENALTY and a RED CARD, instead of leaving it at YELLOW CARD.

But that's still a very nice replica.

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I remember that! Ah...Good Times...

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lol good one. I was almost fooled. *almost*

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Hahaha, Now to see how many people on my team fall for it :P

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Well, they got me. I was like, how can they give us a rule update in the middle of a competition? Nice job CDC for a nice joke to start our day.

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Well done!!! I had already started an email to alert the rest of the team. Then I noticed that the font wasn't the same and I thought "That's the first time a TU looked like that in all the years I have checking".
Good thing I didn't hit the send button before I went to the First site to get the real link.

Re: Update 21
 

Nice try. The "dl.dropbox.com" url that popped up in the tab was a tell tale sign.

Happy April Fools!

-Brando

Re: Update 21
 

I was suspicious because of the dropbox url but when that was blocked (I'm writing this at school) and I checked the real site my mind was set at ease. Nice work!

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Well played! You got a few of us at the Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional. And to add to the intrigue of the "update" Tyler Olds just announced that if you enter the promo code "Update 21" at AndyMark.com, you'll receive a "25% discount" on all your purchases today. Mark Koors is the FTA here this weekend. I'm not sure he was aware of the discount. And I'm fairly confident Andy doesn't know about it either.

April Fool everyone!! And good luck at this weekends comps!

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I think I died a little inside after reading that :) good troll though. Next year they will tell us we cant use robots.

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Nice job on the photoshop. Couldn't see any noticeable flaws first time I read this.

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So to answer everybody's question, no we will not see 158 points scored this year now that the rules have been changed.

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I bought right in to that.

Every stinking year!

Matt

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Oops...now I have to send a message to all my friends telling them that this was a joke....nice job

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I already texted my teams other driver, now i feel like an idiot. hahaha I'm terrible at April Fools jokes.

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wow! that scared me at first. *sigh* great april fools joke (sarcasm)

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Wow. I almost spazzed out. Very clever!

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There are enough accidental typos in the original game documents. This would fit right in :P

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I "hace" a mentor rather annoyed at me, because we use Dropbox to distribute the team updates to all the team laptops, so he thought it was real and was freaking out.

I'm still amused, and wondering how much it really would change the game.

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Didn't anyone else notice the "April Fools!" in the original post? Hover over the thread in the portal and it smacks you in the face... if you didn't catch that then just highlight the entire post. : )

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I don't know how I managed to trick so many people, I thought that putting that there would make it pretty obvious...