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Originally Posted by Kims Robot
... but I still see this Update as very Muddy...
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Really? It seems about as clear as it can be to me. I've seen GDC mud before... ...this ain't it ;-)
Provide a case or scenario and I believe that you can make a ruling based upon the text. I don't think you will have any difficulty making a ruling.
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Originally Posted by Kims Robot
as a regional director I could read that and say, "oh a team CANT bring a Robot in"... as the GDC didnt say "take one fabricated item off your robot and its no longer a "Robot"". I forsee a handful of arguments with volunteers...
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Actually this is what they said:
"For all events (both traditional and bag & tag events), for those few cases where the complete ROBOT weighs less than 65 pounds, teams may bring up to 65 pounds of separate FABRICATED ITEMS which can be assembled into the final assembly of the full ROBOT once you are on-site. But they must be brought to the competition venue as a collection of two or more separate FABRICATED ITEMS in a less-than-complete state of assembly."
So... I don't want to put words into the GDC's mouths (especially since I am on record as liking what they said and how they said it) but, in effect, they didn't say
"no robots." They said
"no completely assembled robots."
It may not be the rule that you, or I or the volunteers like but it is a very clear rule (imho).
On a personal note, given that my team was snowed out and unable to even get access to our robot for almost 2 weeks while the school was locked down, I think the GDC did a good thing in increasing the withholding limit to 65lbs.
I know that it is not the ideal situation, but we do not live in an ideal world. The GDC had to play the hand they were dealt and I think they did about as good of a job as can be expected.
If the worst thing that happens is a few teams get an "unfair" advantage by keeping their whole (under 65lbs) robot until their 1st competition, I can live with it. I hope that you can as well.
Joe J.