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Originally Posted by BrendanB
I find the worst part of this years rules besides being vague is no more or less than four locations for your numbers. By placing your numbers on both sides of the gap you just double the ease to see your team number. I understand the no less than 4 places but more than 4 doesn't make sense.
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It's really unfortunate because our team busts their butts to build and put together high-quality competition bumpers that ideally satisfy all rules. We think that going above and beyond on a forgotten robot component is indicative of the effort we put into every aspect of the season. Now we're being told we can't have any more than 4 number placements (1 on each side), when this wasn't a problem in 2009.
Who is hurt by having the number duplicated? How hard would it have been to include the phrase "no fewer, no more" in the rulebook?
I imagine that last sentence can be repeated for a lot of vague rules in and outside of bumper requirements. We get a rulebook in 2011 that's thicker than an AP Physics textbook:too wordy and complex. This year we get a rulebook that is thin enough to be interpreted any which way a team could desire, although we can't read the minds up in Manchester as to the full extent of the rule.
I guess I should have Q&A'd this earlier, but this seems like such a non-issue to me.