Has anyone else noticed that this year and last year, FIRST makes rules contradictory and confusing. Last year, they started off by saying that any tether type objects would always be an entanglement hazard, disqualifyable (I wish FIRST would say that once), yet tons of robots were allowed to have tethers if they didn't actually entangle anyone. This year, the start off scoring with height of stack times number of other boxes not in highest stack. Now they're including subtraction. In the rule book, it says you can order three custom pneumatic cylinders for free, and as many others as you want for a fee. But now on the official forums, they say you can only order the first 3.
http://jive.ilearning.com/thread.jsp...t=75&trange=15
What FIRST needs is all the game coordinators sit down and chat with a lawyer who then clearly constructs all the forum replies and team updates so that they can be no question on FIRST's official position on any issue. Discuss.