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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
FIRST has used the title "Game" for two separate things for a couple of years now. Take a look at last year's archived documentation.. There is a section titled "The Game", but that section, along with others, is in the "Game Manual" section.
The items FIRST previously released for this year are all part of the Administrative Manual. This lets them easily separate administrative stuff from that stuff that tells us how to build the robot. |
This is true but last year instead of releasing a consolidated PDF as the encrypted manual, FIRST released each section (ie The Game, The Tournament, The Robot, etc...) separately encrypted. It was annoying and I'm glad they're sending out the consolidated version this year. I only remember this because I still have all of the encrypted files from last year sitting on my hard drive.
Look at the success of the Banebot's gearboxes this year. Cheap, light, small, and a lot of people are using them, even though their quality may be a bit questionable... Make a similar gearbox for a drivetrain (with a bit more robustness) and I think you've got a winner. - Ben Piecuch [more] 
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