[Jon Stratis]

When it comes to leaking the game early (which seems to be what's being discussed, even though the OP doesn't say so specifically) and "censoring" the information on CD, I think everyone needs to think things through a bit.

The FIRST community is really an awesome one. From what I've seen, most people in the community, if presented with the game early, wouldn't try to gain an advantage by it. I know I, personally, would be super excited but wouldn't tell my team - they need to go through the experience the same as everyone else, on a level playing field. However, there are some people (and maybe even some teams) who would take advantage to get started early. And frankly, we would probably never know unless they said something.

So if someone comes across non-public material (or material that is supposed to be non-public) about the game, they need to stop and consider how they want to handle that material. They could look at it, get excited, and bask in the knowledge that they know something everyone else doesn't for a few days. They could use it to get started working early. They could simply pass it up. Or they could try to share it with as many people as possible.

The OP's position seems to be that such information should be leaked to as many people as possible so everyone has the same opportunity to cheat. In my opinion, that's wrong. The odds that someone will take the information and get started increase with the number of people who know such information - keeping it to yourself and not sharing helps ensure that fewer people know about it, and less cheating occurs.

Personally, I support the mods using their power on the forums to help ensure we preserve the format, intent, and purpose of the game and program. What are mods for, if not to actively moderate the discussion and keep us all in check? They aren't glorified babysitters who are here to only delete spam posts.