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Re: Important Rules - 2007 Season

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Originally Posted by Richard View Post
I fairly certain that only the GDC and FIRST senior management know the game before kickoff.

Some key volunteers find out about field elements and gamepieces in advance (starting a few weeks ago), but these adventurous souls must:

1) have no team affiliation, and 2) sign a secrecy agreement.

I know the guy who does this mostly thankless job for the St. Louis region -- he's building whatever it is in his basement right now (and cursing the incomplete and ever changing documentation), so I won't be visiting his house until after kick-off.
Update from the aforementioned adventurous soul: construction of field elements for kick-off is apparently proceeding, but with some frustration.
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Originally Posted by Unnamed Underappreciated Volunteer
It is certainly helpful to have a well-equipped cabinet making shop in order to generate all of the pieces required. You cannot build this with a circular saw and a drill. I think that they should lock Dean and Woody and Dave in a room and not let them out until they build one of these or start hallucinating. The results could be interesting and the Kick-Off would be in February with probably only one of the aforementioned parties present. Also, FIRST Engineering should be forced to watch Rosie O'Donnell and "The View" until they pass out. They should then be revived and forced to watch some more. This might sound extreme to some but I think it really lets them off easy.
Note: the volunteer had more to say, but you get the idea.
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