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Originally posted by colleen-t190
And teams had tape measures of Kamen Devices and they were allowed to be used... despite previous messages on the Yahoo Forums...
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When in doubt between the Yahoo forums and a team update, go for the team update. And, as I said before, if you read team update # 6, on the part that specifically addresses to tethers, you'll note that it does not prohibit any tether, it only lists devices that
could present a risk of entanglement, etc. However, in the end of the text, it is clearly stated that what does present a risk of entanglement is
subjective, and the decision is up to the inspector/referees at the regional.
So, as someone pointed earlier, people are blaiming on the teams with tethers for breaking the rules and now getting advantages for it. That's not true. Teams that took the risk of building extendors are being rewarded for it, be it with the extra points in the end of the match, be it with awards - we won the Judges award at Seattle for Outstansing Machine Design, especially our tape measure.
Just my 2 cents