05-01-2009, 21:39
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
no team (6th Gear)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,940
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Re: Tank Track
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Originally Posted by SCROSSLEY-GCEC
that was the 'bot made with partially non-VEX parts who were on our alliance. they had a cable-based elevator lift which worked to good effect when it wasn't breaking down
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Non-Vex parts??? That is odd.
Here in the US we are only allowed to use Vex parts - Does being far away from IFI's warehouses mean the rules were relaxed for your tournament, or was it an "unofficial" tournament? or was something else going on?
Blake
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