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Originally Posted by IKE
Dan,
I cut out a lot of your statement and bolded a couple of areas of concern. You have interjected your opinion and added an assumed "initial" to the actual rules. This happens a lot in life and in FRC competitions. Small assumptions like this can cause a lot of upset feelings.
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I'm not trying to create hurt feelings.. and I didn't assume the inital versus actual rules.. I pointed this out.. the same rules states that these mechanisms etc.. must be inspected etc.. "for the entire competition event"... Does that not imply from start to finish e.g.. from first inspection to the closing ceremonies?
Everyone in this thread has a valid point... I think one other person hit the key issue in that some of the rules are conflicting with each other..
I see both points of the argument... in that it's cool to see teams get creative and to respond to a powerful robot and figure out a way to combat it once the competition has begun. I also however see the argument for the rule of T08... and the thought that then they should modify their existing mechanisms to defend the robot, not build a completely new mechanism to defeat the robot.. (and the argument they should have thought about that style of play BEFORE the regional)..
Like I said I see both sides, and arguments... I just wanted to see what others opinions are..