Concerns regarding the green paneling/green shirts

[Mike Betts]

Originally Posted by dlavery

...If you are stupid about this and violate the rules, and thereby cause your alliance to lose a match, then your alliance partners will gang up on you and violate your robot.

Can it be any more clear? What is so hard to understand about this?...

[SOAPBOX]

I have ignored this thread for a while and am just appalled at the direction this thread had taken.

I agree completely with Dave. Teams will have enough problems with variations in ambient lighting and intended target coloring without confusing the issue. In fact, many teams will arrive at their competitions without having solved these issues. They will need our help.

It goes beyond rules, Gracious Professionalism or common sense...

Let me be clear on this. In my opinion, it would be rude, ignorant and vulgar for any team to intentionally or unintentionally color any component of their robot or driver/HP uniforms which even come close to interfering with the vision systems.

In the case of intentional interference at a competition, I promise that I will personally take that team's leadership aside and have a discussion about the values and goals of technical education, FIRST, good sportsmanship, morality and a few subjects I haven't thought of yet.

Please ask yourself "Why am I doing this?".

I hope that I have made my point.

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