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Originally Posted by anyheck
Changing the rules in the middle of the season = Fundamental FAIL.
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At least the GDC changed the rules in what is widely regarded as a positive way after Week 1. I am happy and truly stunned (unprecedented) that they improved the seeding system to save the rest of the year. It could be worse they could change the rules in a negative way after Week 1. That is what happened in 2003 with the now infamous
Tape Measure Rule. I was at that Week 1 VCU Regional. I was not happy that we had to scrap our tape measure early in the design process when it was deemed illegal by an update, only to compete against teams (who didn't read the updates) with (suddenly legal) tape measures.
Update 16 is a good update after Week 1, so it is the Anti-Tape Measure Rule.
Week 1 is always a guinea pig for something (FMS, Real Time Scoring, rule loopholes). However, you cant let these issues ruin the event for you. If things like that really bother you, maybe you should consider attending a later regional. My teams try to avoid Week 1 Regionals for multiple reasons. I realise other teams have little choice when thier home regional or the only regional for a few hundred miles is on Week 1.
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Originally Posted by pfreivald
1551 has been going to week 1 regionals since it's inception -- and has never attended two regionals -- and we've never found that there's some big problem with the first week...
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Actually, half of the FLR regionals (06-08) have occured on Week 2. It really matters which week in January is Kickoff (and what day of the week is January 1st). I can't wait for FLR to be on Week 2 again.