View Single Post
  #108   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 21-04-2004, 16:33
Aidan F. Browne's Avatar Unsung FIRST Hero
Aidan F. Browne Aidan F. Browne is offline
Engineer
AKA: The Aidan-bot
no team
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Rookie Year: 1999
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 220
Aidan F. Browne has a reputation beyond reputeAidan F. Browne has a reputation beyond reputeAidan F. Browne has a reputation beyond reputeAidan F. Browne has a reputation beyond reputeAidan F. Browne has a reputation beyond reputeAidan F. Browne has a reputation beyond reputeAidan F. Browne has a reputation beyond reputeAidan F. Browne has a reputation beyond reputeAidan F. Browne has a reputation beyond reputeAidan F. Browne has a reputation beyond reputeAidan F. Browne has a reputation beyond repute
Re: [moderated] You write <G34> and <G35>

Quote:
Originally Posted by AmyPrib
I wonder if one of Aidan's intentions was to show us how hard it is to write and interpret the rules. Whether it was or not, I think this thread has shown it.
Amy, you no longer have to wonder -- my intention of starting this thread was exactly that.

As we came out of the incredible weekend of Championship competition, there was an awful lot of "the refs should have done _____" or "FIRST should make a rule to ______"

I decided to give everyone a chance to show all of us how to fix the situation. (I really meant that.) There were some very good suggestions came out of the discussion, and I thank those posters for giving the difficult task a shot -- it is definately not easy to write an all-inclusive rule. More of you are aware how hard it is now, and that in itself is a good thing.

I am very amused at the posts that said (paraphrasing) "it is impossible to write such a rule... but here is what the refs should have done" or "what happened just isn't right -- someone should take it upon themselves to write a rule to fix this". I will say no more about those at the moment, other than those posts created a lot of noise in this thread that made it hard to follow the attempts that folks made to actually answer my challenge.

This is clearly still a big deal to alot of us. So, becasue of that, I would still like to see us come up with one or more solutions that address these issues. To that end, I am going to do the following:
  1. Ask that this thread be ended with this post
  2. Later tonight, start two new threads, which will be moderated from the get-go, one to deal with suggested rule wording for each issue
  3. Ask the moderators not to approve any post to either of the two threads that does not address the situation in the form of a suggested rule.
  4. Close each of the threads in a week, and forward the two threads to next years Game Committee for their consideration
Please note that I am not trying to stifle discussion. While the issue is fresh in our minds, I am trying to derive a solution which will improve the experience for all of us in the future. To get to that solution (or set of solutions) I feel that I need to focus us on those solutions -- kind of like in a brainstorming session when no individual gets to comment on another's idea until the brainstorming session ends. In a week, we can open up discussion of all the solutions that are presented.

Thank you to everyone who posted to this thread. Lots of great points have been made. Now lets take out our thinking caps -- make our brains hurt (as Woody would say) -- and find some answers.



Aidan