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Originally Posted by bobcroucher

On kickoff day, when we return to the shop, and everyone on the team is present, we do an entire group rule reading using a projector and a student reader volunteer. We sometimes pause for discussions or clarifications. We note ambiguities, if something deserves a Q&A question. This way all of the students and mentors have gone through the rule book at least once. Of course, most of us will revisit the manual many times over for reminders and rule clarification throughout the season.

Yup, we do the exact same thing, except it's the following day, and all day brainstorming session. Everyone is required to be at this meeting where we go over all the rules, discuss scenarios, strategies and start to figure out how the team wants to play the game. And eventually a robot design.