Not remembering (or reading
) certain parts of the rules, I'm not sure, and kind of doubt this would be allowed, but the joysticks use standard serial ports, so couldn't you just not use FIRST's sticks altogether?
But wait before you jump for joy; I'm too lazy to read the rules to see, and I highly doubt that you're allowed to use other joysticks (if you think about it, it makes tonnes of sense), especially since you can't alter their sticks. Just a thought, and a way to increase my post count
I wouldn't use that kruddy picture as an argument with a judge, though. Go trig.