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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
The head referees and lead inspectors are given access to a document with the entire Q&A. It's up to them to disseminate it to the rest of the referees and inspectors. And then everyone has to read it.
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Oh goody, in addition to the free T-shirt, every person signing up for referee work at a FIRST regional gets a complimentary session of self-inflicted torture!
Well if the head refs are doing their job and disseminating the information to the other refs, I suppose that covers communication to one group of people, although I'd go crazier perusing through the dozens of Q&A replies trying to find the ones relevant to a particular call. It would still be a heckuva lot more straightforward if these Q/A clarifications were incorporated directly into the rules. Dave has nothing better to do with his time than sift through the mass of Q/A responses the GDC has generated and merge them with the rulebook. Well, actually, yes he does....that's why he brought Sean into the world.....
Actually, I believe I saw one instance at Midwest today where the refs called the "absurd" YMTC condition and negated bonus points for a robot lift. Hopefully it's being called consistently. Any feedback from regional-goers on whether refs were allowing bonus points even if tubes were stuck under ramps on the other side of the rampbot? And can you comment on whether the TEAMS are learning of this "gotcha" rule ahead of time? That's the 2nd part of the communication puzzle.