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Re: Rules Questions

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Originally Posted by tb222 View Post
What confuses me is the terms in bold above... First they say you may not leave multiple parts, and then they talk about penalties for single (an intentionally detached component or mechanism) parts...

Regardless, it seems as long as your component does not "impede access to the RACK or an ALLIANCE ROBOT," the 10-point penalty may be worth the risk. Then again, is it truly in the spirit of FIRST to intentionally earn a penalty to win the game
It is NOT in the spirit of FIRST but to some people, even in FIRST, winning is everything and to win is to prove something to others. But this is very true in the world we live in. Numbers speak for themselves, but how you got those numbers does not matter as much.

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