[EricH]

Originally Posted by lilstogi11

That wasn't his point. He's just asking you to point out to him the difference(s) from previous years. Not where to find it, but the explicit difference about the shipping requirements which you observed.

Which was bright red in the manual.

Honestly, I read through that section, and the bright red text caught my eye the first thing. In my Aero Design comp, the rules are B/W, and they call out new stuff that way, and we find it pretty easily. FIRST really helped teams out this way.

Vikesrock, would the extra freedom not count as "shipping requirements change"? It could be clearer, but we all know that "I heard it on CD that..." doesn't fly too well with FIRST. By being vague, viewers are encouraged to read the manual, find any changes, and see if anyone else noticed the changes or saw something else different. Hence, they understand better, and FIRST gets fewer "I heard on CD that..." that they have to sort out.

FYI, I didn't notice anything else that was much different from previous years, unless you count the aforementioned red text and the area-specific directions shortly afterwards (which I'm not sure were around previously).