Apparently the GDC has a bad sense of humor.
http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread...light=pressure
If a rookie team asked this I'm sure they would get a straight answer.
But seeing as it was 3 teams who have been in FIRST for 5+ years then I think this was an example of sarcasm.
Not cool.
edit: Looking at the title of this thread, I'm guessing this answer would more suit a thread named "
Unimportant Q/A Forum Responses"