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Originally posted by ChrisH
They basically said the "interpretations" on the FRC group ARE official and there was no need to do so. I hope they change their minds on that, the no need part that is.
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Let me echo what you have said, Chris. The team updates have in the past been the final word on substantial additions, changes or clarifications to the original rules. The forum in the past has been the place where Q&A happens, and seems to generate material for the updates. In my observations, in the forum sometimes questions are misunderstood and answered one way, then reasked and answered the opposite way. Knowing this, it makes it difficult to proceed with, say, a major design or manufacturing plan on the basis of an answer given in the forum. When the update comes out, one would hope to be able to have a greater level of confidence in the permanence of the ruling. If what you are saying is true, we will all need to sit by our computers watching the forum responses as they come out (and there is no particular schedule for this as there is for the updates), making sure we don't miss some important point. I don't know about you, but we're pretty busy here trying to build a robot.