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Originally Posted by jwfoss
Comments on the Regional as a Whole:
I was surprised by the lack of understanding of the rules by both the teams and staff at this regional. I arrived to the regional late on Friday after work, spent some time walking around the pit and watching matches, the number of things missed in inspection was surprising. From bumpers with concave sections, minibot deployments that gave the minibot vertical energy, and finally the issues with alliance selection. I take pride in the fact that the teams I have been a part of always know the rules first.
Please teams, take the time to fully understand the rules, watch for updates and read the Q&A as often as possible.
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Emphasis mine. I was an inspector on Thursday, and in regards to the bumper situation, we were not instructed to "pat down" the bumpers, but I know from now on, I will. We did have one team that had a notch cut out of the bottom of them bumper, but the LRI deemed it legal. And as far as the minibots, maybe it would have been a good idea to have teams demonstrate deployment during inspection, but that would add an siginiucant amount of time to the inspections. Also, many teams werent bringing their minibot for inspections untill friday afternoon...well after initial robot inspection. Mistakes happen, there were plentm more behind the scenes that you guys never even hear about. Our job is to make sure every team gets on the field and plays in a safe, honest manner.