Forum: General Forum
12-21-2016, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,829
Re: Max Age for FRC Participants?
Technically, there is nothing (aside possibly from child labor laws) preventing a FRC team from being composed entirely of adults, and hiring for pay students off the street to drive the robot.
(I'm...
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Forum: General Forum
11-02-2016, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 6,880
Re: Phone Policy
This is one of the times that it strikes me how much has changed since I was in high school, less than 10 years ago. Back in my day (lol) we could, technically, access the Internet on our phones, but...
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Forum: FIRST Tech Challenge
10-31-2016, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,344
Re: [FTC]: Closed Loop Scoring illegal!
Ah, the worst possible type of ruling: "This strategy isn't allowed because it's too good and we didn't think of it". Best made as late and as silently as possible.
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Forum: FRC Game Design
10-31-2016, 07:42 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,882
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Forum: General Forum
10-22-2016, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 6,365
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Forum: General Forum
09-22-2016, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,678
Re: STEM vs. STEAM
There are two core issues:
-Whether art is important (to teach in schools, to have in FIRST, etc.)
-Whether art should be lumped into STEM (because it's similar, to get funding, ???)
The first...
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Forum: General Forum
08-17-2016, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 155
Views: 23,769
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Forum: General Forum
08-17-2016, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 6,442
Re: [FRC Blog]2017 Updates
I feel obligated to state that I suggested the 6-division round robin here a while ago (although not two of them...), and I still think it'll be a really fun format.
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Forum: Off-Season Events
08-03-2016, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 195
Views: 18,043
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Forum: General Forum
05-05-2016, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 136
Views: 17,542
Re: FRC rules around seating need to change.
Quite frankly, a blanket "no saving seats" rule is not reasonable in the face of many common scenarios, such as:
-Teams or their guests arriving at different times
-Parts of teams temporarily...
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Forum: General Forum
05-03-2016, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,337
Re: Movement Towards Video Review
Baseball now allows reviewing of just about everything.
That being said, I don't agree with reviews for pins. The procedure for calling a pin specifically includes a 5-second warning of such....
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Forum: General Forum
04-19-2016, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 182
Views: 27,416
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Forum: Extra Discussion
04-15-2016, 04:34 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 10,068
Re: pic: Districts in Minnesota Flyer
^ Was there no announcement about districts at SVR this year? I left early...
There have been vague announcements a couple times in the past. My joke was that this year was the 5th annual...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
04-15-2016, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 10,068
Re: pic: Districts in Minnesota Flyer
What is with this sentiment here? Just because two people disagree is not a reason to close an entire topic. This is a discussion forum, people are having a discussion. Nothing has gone even close to...
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Forum: General Forum
04-13-2016, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 9,312
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Forum: General Forum
04-13-2016, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 126
Views: 17,367
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Forum: General Forum
04-12-2016, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 6,048
Re: Best FIRST Game EVER?
I tried making a list once, then decided it was too hard. So, here instead, is my tier list of the 16 games I have any knowledge of. (The first game I saw in person is 2004, but I feel like I know...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
04-12-2016, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,468
Re: Silicon Valley Regional (2016)
I completely agree, which is why I told the game announcer that he really should give more of an explanation. I think it's telling that the reaction to the explanation was a lot less negative.
And I...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
04-11-2016, 02:27 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,468
Re: Silicon Valley Regional (2016)
I believe 254 was originally (incorrectly) given a challenge instead of a scale by the referees. As far as I can tell, only one red robot was actually on the batter at the end of the match. Here's...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
01-16-2016, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,860
Re: Can a dead robot still score?
For some reason this started a debate in my head over the merits of a robot with casters on a frame, the required parts to qualify as a ROBOT, and nothing else versus one with lots of effort but...
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Forum: Championship Event
01-13-2016, 03:58 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,169
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Forum: General Forum
01-13-2016, 03:55 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 9,643
Re: Team Update 1
Hard to disagree with the intent, but the "intent" wording of the new blue box opens up a gigantic can of worms for referees.
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Forum: General Forum
01-12-2016, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,646
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Forum: General Forum
01-11-2016, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 11,362
Re: Two Boulder Auto
I can't think of any scenario in which slightly overlapping the center line to grab a ball during autonomous could ever be considered "egregious" behavior. Maybe that's why I'm not a head referee...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
01-11-2016, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,379
Re: G11 and G28 technecalitys
No, that's not the rule. Please specify how "they have that right" or how the red alliance can contact the blue robot to cause a foul without violating G11.
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You never know when the GDC will slide in a rule about any robot with a laser must do a laser light show on the floor of the field or face a 50-point penalty :p. - EricH [more] 
