Thread: Team Update #2
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Re: Team Update #2
So, looking at all the responses in the Q&A & the pics & reading the pertaining rules associated with this fiasco, it clearly means that the 6" min is the length of the wood backing only, so thus a bumper with a soft noodle making the corner extend the diameter of a bumper which is really a bumper 6"+~2.5" long is defined as a 6" bumper.*
*(The ~2.5" being the diameter of 1 pool noodle in the vertical position for protection of the corner of the bot)

Why can't they just say that?

It's like buying a 2x4 piece of wood.
We all know it's not really 2" x 4" but that's just the name of the darn thing.

Why can't they just come out & say that a 6" bumper is either 6" total length without any overlap past the wood, or a 6" piece of wood with the only allowed overlap being the 1 or 2 pieces of vertical pool noodle(s) at the ends.

I'm glad I (think I) understand what they are trying to say, but why must they be so roundabout sometimes in the way they say things?
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