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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

... FIRST's rules are not, never have been, and never will be perfect.

No doubt true and true of most any game, contest or contract. It is nearly impossible to write a set of rules that are perfectly unambiguous to every party. Subject the rules or criteria to a bunch of genius nit-picking engineers and it is often not pretty!

Many times I've been part of proposal teams where the engineers, younger versions of myself included, get way too pedantic. Some times common sense is the way to go - ask the customer (in this case the GDC) how they intended the game be played or the contract be bid. In this case Frank has spoken for FIRST and spoken wisely (in my opinion).