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cbeavers6790 30-12-2011 15:03

How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
I was wondering where I could find this so I dont have to deal with trying to download the manual as soon as the code is released. Any ideas? I have heard that this exists but I have never actually seen it.

avanboekel 30-12-2011 15:10

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
I don't think that they will release it until kickoff this year. According to USFIRST.org, "2012 Game Manual to be released at Kickoff, January 7, 2012".

akoscielski3 30-12-2011 15:10

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
It will be here, but it has not been released yet. It is usually released a few days before kick-off.

http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/...ated-documents

cbeavers6790 30-12-2011 15:15

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
cool, I will just have to keep an eye out, It is so much easier if I dont have to wait.

akoscielski3 30-12-2011 15:30

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by cbeavers6790 (Post 1094571)
cool, I will just have to keep an eye out, It is so much easier if I dont have to wait.

Only if you remember the password ;) lol i almost forgot it last year.

Bill's Blog will have link to it when it comes out too. :P

cbeavers6790 30-12-2011 15:38

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
well the encrypted still only unlocks with the password given out at the end of kickoff you dont need a password to download the encrypted version do you?

Derschatten 30-12-2011 15:40

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
Also this year they will have a new format of the manual you can check out the beta here: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...ents-beta-test

akoscielski3 30-12-2011 15:56

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by cbeavers6790 (Post 1094581)
well the encrypted still only unlocks with the password given out at the end of kickoff you dont need a password to download the encrypted version do you?

No you don't. Last year they put up a Manual that had no password after kick-off, so you didnt have to type in the password everytime you go looking for a rule :P

thefro526 30-12-2011 16:00

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by akoscielski3 (Post 1094578)
Only if you remember the password ;) lol i almost forgot it last year.

If you're quick, taking a picture is a good way to save it.

Also, I highly recommend downloading the encrypted manual before kick-off. FIRST's site usually gets a little overloaded in the first few hours after kick-off, making the manual download a bit of a pain.

Andrew Lawrence 30-12-2011 17:22

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
To add on to the question: How can I get the exact 2012 manual before kickoff? And yes, I mean the whole manual, not the encrypted one... ;)

PAR_WIG1350 30-12-2011 18:16

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256 (Post 1094603)
To add on to the question: How can I get the exact 2012 manual before kickoff? And yes, I mean the whole manual, not the encrypted one... ;)

Figure out the encryption key, then decrypt the encrypted manual. Yes, it is extremly hard to do, it is also cheating, asumming you acctually read/look at it before the encryption key is released.

Daniel_LaFleur 30-12-2011 19:21

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350 (Post 1094617)
Figure out the encryption key, then decrypt the encrypted manual. Yes, it is extremly hard to do, it is also cheating, asumming you acctually read/look at it before the encryption key is released.

Why do you say it's cheating?
What rule has been broken?

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't do it. I love surprises on FIRSTmas

Chris is me 30-12-2011 19:29

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur (Post 1094637)
Why do you say it's cheating?
What rule has been broken?

Well, considering you can't read the rules, I'd say it's hard to know for certain. ;)

Andrew Lawrence 30-12-2011 19:32

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris is me (Post 1094644)
Well, considering you can't read the rules, I'd say it's hard to know for certain. ;)

I see what you did there!

Billfred 30-12-2011 19:35

Re: How do I get the encrypted competition manual?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256 (Post 1094603)
To add on to the question: How can I get the exact 2012 manual before kickoff? And yes, I mean the whole manual, not the encrypted one... ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350 (Post 1094617)
Figure out the encryption key, then decrypt the encrypted manual. Yes, it is extremly hard to do, it is also cheating, asumming you acctually read/look at it before the encryption key is released.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur (Post 1094637)
Why do you say it's cheating?
What rule has been broken?

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't do it. I love surprises on FIRSTmas

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris is me (Post 1094644)
Well, considering you can't read the rules, I'd say it's hard to know for certain. ;)

While I can tell the light nature of this discussion, it does contravene the ChiefDelphi forum rules:

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Now that we've hopefully put the brakes on that: Last year I pre-loaded the encrypted manual onto iBooks on my iPad. When the key was released, I typed it into a note and copied it using the iOS system copy-and-paste feature. I then could paste the key into each of the documents without having to type it fifty-dozen times.


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