Starting Heigh versus Shipping Height: A FIRST Trick?

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by aaeamdar

<R117>: Teams must call this number: (123) 456 - 7890 and order a large pizza by January 14th or they will be disqualified from all FIRST events.

By your argument, if teams didn't read this rule and they didn't call and order a pizza, it seems that it would be their fault for not reading the entire manual. However, this is completely wrong. It would be FIRST's fault for burying important information in an obscure place in the manual.

I agree that this situation is not that situation. However, in my view (unless I'm missing something) both the FIRST manual and teams who don't read the manual are at fault. The teams because they didn't read the manual when they should have, and the manual because it was written in such a way as to unintentionally trick people.

By the way, the first thing I said was that I am a proponent of reading the manual. However, we should also realize that there will be rookie teams who are poorly organized and don't realize that they need to have at least one person read the entire manual. Should we just abandon rookie teams that are perhaps not as organized as they should be, or should we work to make the manual clear and understandable so that these teams don't have last-minute shipping crises?

Paul

Ummm.... FIRST is not dqing anyone with the height rule.... I think it is kind of common sense that since the crate must be a specific size, and the robot another specific size that these numbers are easy to compare.

Besides, there are no obscure parts of the manual... All rules are supposed to be read because they are all relevant.