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Originally Posted by Matt Leese
I think I have to disagree with Andy over the idea that all criticism should be sent through PM's. I think we all can learn quite a bit from good criticism and there's something that we can all contribute to it. The opportunity is lost if it's not constructive criticism.
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I have to agree with Matt on this one. Though I feel it is important to be constructive when opinionating on a design, I feel that in some cases it is important for those criticisms to be made public. Especially in a case where a robot may be overlooking or breaking a rule put out by FIRST. For instance, earlier this week there was a robot picture posted on Delphi of a robot that the team had said was "hanging". Now, with the Q&A forums as they are, it can be very easy to overlook certain things. I looked at the picture and realized that according to an answer that FIRST posted in the Q+A forum, the robot pictured would not be hanging. My team didn't even realize this rule until the last week themselves! In a public post I let the team know that according to the FIRST ruling, the robot pictured would not be hanging. I kept it public because I know there are probably quite a few people who didn't realize that if your hook is touching the side bar, they are not hanging. I think this is a solid case for the opposite of what Mr. Baker says. I can see similar cases where this could happen. For instance if a robot has a certain type of wedge to herd balls that looks like it may be in danger of breaking the human player coral area (loss of 10 points), I would certainly want to bring that to a teams attention, and do it in public so that other teams would realize exactly what can happen. Other than that, I would agree with Andy...try to keep it positive and constructive.
Good Luck!
Andy Grady