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Originally Posted by Greg Marra
"Permanent Offensive Bot" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Is it me, or does the GDC coin a lot of terms. Last year it was "tetra" and this year it was "backbot." Do you think eventually the community would have arrived at a consensus as to what to call these things, or is it better for FIRST to invent our lexicon for us?
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Things must be defined in the rules so that they don't have to explain what they mean everytime. Just like in programming, you define your terms, then you use them.
They must come up with defined terms so that you know what they are talking about. And the refs must use these terms because that's what is in the rules. If every team has a diffirent name for it, everyone gets confused.
"Backbot" is just fine. "Kaplooiespew" would have been just fine too, the actual word doesn't matter, it's the definition that counts. There was a definition in the rule book, it was used repeatedly in the rule book so that anyone who ACTUALLY had an understanding of the rules wouldn't get confused. And it works the same every year guys and girls. Dunno why this is so aggrivating for you all.