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Originally Posted by aaeamdar
YOU STILL FAIL TO REALIZE THAT NOT EVERYONE LIVES UP TO YOUR STANDARDS and that FIRST should do its best to make the manual understandable. Please name one disadvantage (other than efoote's jumpiness) of putting a reminder under <R07>.
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FIRST gave such a reminder during the kick-off broadcast. Hand-feeding FIRST teams every-thing would be counter-intuitive to the nature of FIRST. There is no easy way to make anyone read everything, but teams must do it. It would be additional work for FIRST to find every possible cross-reference and would make the manual cumbersome and hard to read.
Treat the FIRST manual like a dictionary. <R07> defines <R07> and <R07> only. For other rules, consult the definition of that rule. They shouldn't have to spell out everything 10 times in order for teams to get it.
Yeah, not everyone reads the rules, but it's their own fault they don't. FIRST does publish a very understandable manual, and posts updates and clarifications (as well as a Q&A forum) for anything that poses questions. If FIRST doesn't live up to
your standards, perhaps you ought to find a different competition.