[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by Matthew2c4u

it works like this, no matter how many man hours they put into testing the rules and making them flawless Well, always find fault because
A were not the ones who wrote the rules, we see things they wouldn't
B ive spend 16 straight hours today picking apart these rules if every other first student did half of that.. our man hours who be theres ^9 or so, you just cant compete with the sheer number of man hours avalible to the general population
C We kids, there dumb adults. fill in the blanks (lol JK)

Except for "C", you're right - the review process is very important. Only so many possibilities can be anticipated by the GDC. They're a small (but very experienced) team and really must focus on the architecture and structure of the game. The FIRST teams are detail-oriented and actively participate in "fine-tuning" the rules before the competitions begin.

Think of it as beta testing with an active user community that really wants to improve the product as fast as possible. It's priceless and invaluable work that FIRST teams do each year.

This is not about making someone wrong, it's about getting it right for the competitions.