11:59 p.m. deadline: Start or finish bag & tag?

[Al Skierkiewicz]

J,
You can bag your robot any time before 11:59 (even yesterday if you were finished). That is your "drop dead", "must stop" time. You may also bag any fabricated items you do not want to include in your withholding allowance. Items that are in an additional sealed bag are the same as the robot. Each bag must have a seal and be recorded on your Bag & Tag form. You do not have to bag bumpers. They are excluded from B&T rules and the withholding allowance.

[falconmaster]

AAAGHHHHH! Not done yet!!!!!

[IronicDeadBird]

A lot of little weird inconsistencies in this years rules, I'm glad this one is a minute of time and not a field measurement though.

[GeeTwo]

Also note that a recent update (12) specifies that you may use two bags for your robot for convenience. Both must still be bagged by 11:59pm tonight.
Edit: If you do this, use two tags and two lines on the lockup form.

[jchick]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

J,
You can bag your robot any time before 11:59 (even yesterday if you were finished). That is your "drop dead", "must stop" time. You may also bag any fabricated items you do not want to include in your withholding allowance. Items that are in an additional sealed bag are the same as the robot. Each bag must have a seal and be recorded on your Bag & Tag form. You do not have to bag bumpers. They are excluded from B&T rules and the withholding allowance.

Thank you for the additional info, Al Skierkiewicz.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

J,
You can ask anything, anytime. If you are uncomfortable posting your question in public, you can use the Private Message feature to contact me. However, we all know the stress rookies go through. You are not asking questions that have not been asked many times already.

[jchick]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

J,
You can ask anything, anytime. If you are uncomfortable posting your question in public, you can use the Private Message feature to contact me. However, we all know the stress rookies go through. You are not asking questions that have not been asked many times already.

Al, I appreciate that; thank you. We ended up getting the robot in the bag at 11:30 p.m.--plenty of time to spare! It was still good to have the rule clarification in case we did bump up against the deadline.

[sagi34]

Is it 11:59 PM all around the world?
does it mean that Australian teams for example have less time to work?

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by sagi34

Is it 11:59 PM all around the world?
does it mean that Australian teams for example have less time to work?

Its 11:59 PM local time. From what I hear Australian teams do have less time to work since kickoff is the same time worldwide.

[FrankJ]

Originally Posted by sagi34

Is it 11:59 PM all around the world?
does it mean that Australian teams for example have less time to work?

That is 11:59 PM local time. So yes some teams have more time than others.

[waialua359]

I believe Hawaii teams have THE most time to work on robots.
But then again, you dont have to wake up at 2:30am to go to your kickoff site.

[IronicDeadBird]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

J,
You can ask anything, anytime. If you are uncomfortable posting your question in public, you can use the Private Message feature to contact me. However, we all know the stress rookies go through. You are not asking questions that have not been asked many times already.

I am totally in the same boat of ask for help! Feel free to message me for less official things because AL totally has his game on point in this area and I'm not like an expert at rules. Always down to help though!
It is rather strange to see this response from a question on Chief Delphi. Nobody should be uncomfortable with asking questions, and creating an environment where we can all learn together is a sign of a truly healthy community. If we don't encourage growth. The community will die. Thats all there is to it.