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.originally posted by arctic warrior:
The engineer that went up to get the badges thursday was told by someone that the badge with the green dot was for the captain of the team. Well I was wearing the pin with the dot and we were dqed because I was driving.
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I think the rule is pretty clear about the badge with the dot on it. Last year a few teams were DQ'd because the person the the marked badge pushed the red button. That has been
very clear for the past year and season that the button was reserved for the
mentor meaning the person not interacting with the robot at all. So I believe the DQ was justified, but we live and we learn, we learn from our mistakes.
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Anthony, according to GM8:"Mentors who happen to be pre-college students are not considered “students” with respect to
rules of Gameplay and may not engage in activities reserved for students."
So, in this case your student coach can't throw balls to the field. However, nothing in that rule (that's just a part of it) states that the other student operators can't throw balls, or maybe switch positions during the matches (ie driver becomes human player).
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The other student really had no responsibility, he had on a regular badge and was basically an extra student. So in our case, it is actually possible for us to have two human players because only one person is operating the robot that leaves two students and an adult with the marked badge. Is that legal? I think it is according to the rules.