[lukevanoort]

When we were at VCU one of the first scouts to talk to us told us some incorrect things. She said:
a) Plexiglas wasn't legal, only Lexan
b) bungee cords weren't legal, only surgical tubing

Clearly these are wrong. (Yes, I checked it, Plexiglas and bungee cords are never mentioned and lexan is only mentioned in an example of replacement parts) The fact that this scout went around saying this (I assume, I have no facts to base an assumption that she said it to others on) unnerved me quite a bit. I was debating whether to tell her she was wrong, which I decided to do, but didn't because we were busy. (AKA catastrophic failures) This brings me to my point, all team members (esp scouts) should read this year's rules, doubly so if they're going to tell people this sort of thing. Now, some of our mentors thought she was trying to sabotage us, which I highly doubt. I have seen no evidence that any FIRST member would deliberately sabotage another team's robot. Anyway, this reminded me of a senior on our team, at the beginning of the year he always talks about beryllium (I think this is the right element) and banned materials. This was true a few years ago, but not anymore. (although since Be is dangerous it still wouldn't be allowed, maybe allowed alloyed but no straight up) So, my theory is she read an old rule (although I still don't think Plexiglas was ever banned) and misinterpreted it, and this year she didn't update her "mental rulebook." So, here is my point, finally, (I know I drift a lot in my posts) READ THIS YEAR'S RULES, DON'T ASSUME NOTHINGS CHANGED.