G10, The Dallas Disable & Crickets Chirping in Manchester

[pathew100]

As mentioned previously, the 60 second guideline is just that. A guideline, NOT a rule. I hope that it is being treated as such at all events.

The rule is this:
G10 DRIVE TEAMS may not cause significant or repeated delays to the start of a MATCH.
VIOLATION: The offending ROBOT will be DISABLED

My take: When are you actually delaying a match? Assuming you have turned on your robot in a timely manner (which you presumably will be reminded of constantly by the field crew) you are only delaying the match if you are still on the field adjusting things when the stack light on the scoring table goes green. At least that's the way I see it.

Of course there are teams that try to game the system by being the last robot to turn on, thus giving them more time to position for auto or whatever. Those teams may fall under the repeated delay situation, but more often that not, we're talking about an extra 20-30 seconds. Hardly enough time to justify making them sit out a match.