[meaubry]

I've never seen FIRST so inconsistent on any issue (except batteries). Seems like there has been confusion since the kickoff in January - and I can tell you that many teams abandoned devices like these because they didn't want to waste alot of effort on something that was so very unclear. I've seen a team DQ'd when a mentor touched the controls. I've seen goals over the top of "go home devices" that didn't get anyone DQ'd, and then sometimes one or the other is - I suppose there ought to be a FINAL, CLEAR and CONSISTANT understanding - too bad it probably will be regionally interpreted, and far too late for teams to do alot about it. Assuming that happens, How many teams would concoct something as a "go home device"? Is is legal at this point to do so? Too bad, this should have been made clearer during the design and build phase. I love them, they add another dimension to the game. Didn't this whole issue start out as an "entanglement" problem? Now, it's a "who get's DQ'd problem - directly affecting strategy.