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Re: Hand me the gear, No the Gear!

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Originally Posted by dmaggio744 View Post
If robots didnt use gears as often as they did, I'd say a game piece called a "Gear" would have been a great idea. However, I can only assume some of us have already feel victim to the Who's on First? gag when asking team mates to hand them gears.
This is actually why we capitalize all game-specific terms in the 'Snow Problem white papers. Specifically after we had an amusing mix up with our GEAR box and our gearbox, and with the HOPPER and our hopper. Plus this way we match the conventions used in the manual.
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