Game Manual - Team Update - 2014-03-11

[PayneTrain]

I do like the idea of to make something officially COTS a scenario like this would occur:

Robot comes back to the pits. Someone didn't grease it, and now the gears look more like discs. Guess we need to replace that transmission! Thankfully we have a spare, identical transmission that is identical to the ones we bought from our friends at ACME Robotics. BUT WAIT! The team already brought in a spare intake and catapult and with the added transmission, would go over the 45 pound barrier. This means you have to take it apart, then put it back together, before you can compete with a functioning robot again. This situation would probably inspire me to beat my head against a wall in frustration and help me recognize how silly this rule is in 2014.

We want people to exercise Gracious Professionalism® and play at their best, but also not really because we find this archaic rule to satisfy something related to inspiring students to pursue careers in science and technology.™