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Re: "Spare Parts" Rules Are Broken

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Originally Posted by CJO
Another example of what was mentioned earlier about rules which are "understood" by older teams, but are not necesserily widely known, was the time-out in the elimination matches. I was completely unawares of the fact that each alliance got a time out, and even older teams seemed unsure of the exact peramaters. Our alliance mates, Chief Delphi (47) thought that you could only use the time-out in the finals, while Cheesy Poofs called their's in the quarter-finals. I do appreciate FIRST trying to simplify the rules, nobody likes dictionary sized rule books. But there are some "legacy" rules which really ought to be included for newer teams.

On that note, if anyone can think of any other un-spoken rules which it might behove a team to know could you please post them.

~Christopher
The time-out rule was not un-spoken. If you read the rulebook, in section 7-The Tournament, it is clearly explained in rule <T02>:
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<T02> There are no time outs in the Qualifying Rounds; in the Elimination Rounds, each Alliance will be allotted
one time out of no more than 6 minutes. The matches must progress according to schedule. If a robot
cannot report for a match, the queueing manager shall be informed and at least one member of the team
should report to the field for the match.
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