[Bob Steele]

Communicating correctly is always difficult.
Case in point...

The poll above... what does it mean... and how do you answer it?

Bumpers one in bag

Does this mean "none" in bag...or "on" in bag?

If I interpret it bumpers on in bag then I say yes
and the "uh,oh, I am scared now, Help" statement does not make sense...

and the "all set to go" is ambigious...all set to include them as half of my 30 lbs with holding allowance.. or actually more like ALL of the withholding allowance. (2 pairs at 15 lbs + each..)

If I interpret it as NONE in bag.... then it makes sense...

The omission or addition of one little letter leads to ambiguous interpretation...

I have to agree that bumpers should have been excluded from the withholding allowance...and allowed to be unbagged...

This is the first time for many of us to experience the bag procedure... putting them in the bag loose (so that the robot can easily fit through a 30" door...) can lead to them bumping around and breaking something else...especially with 2 sets of them...it also makes the already difficult job of carrying the robot...(with slippery plastic on it) even more difficult and unsafe.

For so many of us that have always crated before it had never been an issue. You could put bumpers in the crate with little thought to the safety issues of trying to carry the robot about with an enormous plastic bag on it.

This is a situation where the GDC or Bill should come down and say it was ok to not have the bumpers on the robot. AND that they don't count towards the withholding allowance.

I know that the question was asked in Q and A but I am not sure if anyone was thinking about the safety issues.

I would hope that they re-examine this issue and clarify it before the first competition...

Let's be safe... let's recognize that the rules may have not stated things explicitly... and let's play robots...

(By the way, our team recognized this in advance and our bumpers are in our bag...on the robot...and we are all set to go...... and I voted yes above...)