Practicing after Ship - pros & cons

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Practicing after Ship - pros & cons

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17-01-2005, 14:03

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Re: Practicing after Ship - pros & cons

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Originally Posted by Kris Verdeyen

Con: It makes the rules inconsistent

The obvious new question brought up by the ruling is, "Can we update the software on our practice robot between the FIW and the competition?"

The simple answer, suggested by the (flawed) ruling issued by the FIRST Q/A team, is, "Yes, Of course! It's a practice robot, change all the code you want!"

Kris,
I searched the Q&A and did not find the quote above. Can you elaborate?

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