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Originally Posted by DampRobot
This really frustrates me. Ok, I understand why you can't be uploading CAD files to the Q and A, but the excuse that the GDC "doesn't comment in robot design" is far overused. I'm far from the first one to point this out, but issues like 118 in 2012 should have been definitively answered before 118's first match, where they were ruled illegal. Top notch teams who know what they are doing and want to play by the rules should not have to wait until their first match to figure out if they robot they built is legal.
It's fine by me if the Q and A isn't intended for pre-vetting a extremely specific design, but if questions like "can we hang off the side of the bridge" won't be answered there, then I'm confused as to how the Q and A really serves a purpose.
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Yep. And if there is a team like 118 who has to ask a question about an idea, than chances are the entire problem stemmed from the GDC in the first place because they didn't write the manual well enough. I'm not saying that the GDC has to be perfect, its understandable that the manual will be a little flawed, but the fact that they refuse to admit it and fix the issue is pretty disappointing.
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01-01-2014, 20:47
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