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Originally Posted by PhilBot
I've read this entire thread, and I'm confused as to why people are saying that the rules imply that: "Once you turn some raw materials into a functional part, then it's Manufactured, therefore you can't use it on your robot".
That's dumb... The point is that you can't "Purchase" manufactured parts, not manufacture your own.
....Phil.
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The issue is the way the rules are phrased. They say you are allowed to use raw materials on your robot, but then specifically define raw materials as items not processed or manufactured into a functional form.
Therefore you could take the 3D feedstock, and put that on your robot, but by the very definition in the rules... once you process it through the 3D printer it would no longer be a "raw material" and thus no longer allowed.
That might not be the intent of the rule... but read it carefully and I think you'll agree that that is the wording of the rule.
I would agree that this is "dumb", although I'd prefer to refer to it as a simple oversight on behalf of the decidedly non-dumb GDC. I suspect they honestly meant to say something along the lines of that it couldn't be "commercially processed or manufactred" or "processed or manufactured into a functional form by a non-team member", but the fact is... they said what they said.
And while I'm happy to accept that the idea of Dean giving Woodie a piggyback ride on a Segway might be the height of silliness, I would suggest that reading what the rules actually say with a critical eye is actually quite a serious business. Really... I'm sorry... it's not my fault that the rules say what they say.
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Jason