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Re: Cheating...
Posted by Ken Patton.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Engineer on team #65, The Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.

Posted on 7/12/2000 2:53 PM MST


In Reply to: Cheating... posted by Joe Johnson on 7/11/2000 10:11 PM MST:



Joe-

I was not suggesting that you guys, or anyone else, intended to break the rules and gain an advantage by doing this. I totally believe that whoever was doing this was just trying to keep their machine from being stranded due to a blown 60A fuse. However, I think it's fair game for me to suggest that it might be possible to use this to create an advantage in terms of number of features that can run at one time, or the ratio that could be run for a given set of motors.

I want to raise my concerns because I think we competitors are all dependent on each other actively choosing to follow the rules. So hopefully I'm doing my part to exert some peer pressure.

Here's what is really bothering me: I think FIRST needs be more careful. I know they are dependent on the experienced teams for some new developments, because its usually the experienced teams that help solve the new problems (as you guys did here). And thats important - it makes for a better game if the robots run well. But these new developments - IF they depend on changes or clarifications in the rules - should be rolled out by FIRST to all teams in an update. That way (in my opinion) we won't have any concerns about anyone having an advantage.

So, sorry to stir things up - I don't think you guys cheat, you beat (nearly) everyone fair and square ).

Ken



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