Least favorite rules?

[65_Xero_Huskie]

Dislike the rules? FIRST has never made a rule that was pointless or that was crazy....Except maybe shipping the control board on ship date.

[Jack Jones]

If I had to select a least favorite rule it would be the Fixit Window. There was talk last year about a rage against dogmatic rules, but nothing came of that. So, I’m trying hard to become comfortably numb and let others ponder the absurdity of rules.

Albert Camus (1913-1960) French writer

"Integrity has no need of rules."

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) English politician

"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law."

Sessue Hayakawa (1889-1973) Japanese actor

"Do not speak to me of rules. This is war! This is not a game of cricket!"

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) U.S. actress

"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun."

Tyler Durden (1963-) Fictional character

"The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club."

Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975) English historian

"Civilizations in decline are consistently characterized by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity."

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde) Irish author and playwright

"One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards."

Jeopardy! (1984-) U.S. game show

"Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question."

[Rick]

<G35>

Haha, just kidding everyone. And if you dont get the joke you havent been in FIRST long enough.

[Jetgrindradio00]

I think the Height/weight rule is my least favorite this rule, but hey....it makes things more interesting .

[Doug G]

Jan - Mar is my least favorite time of year to do robotics. Weather is usually rainy (I know I can't complain too much being here in NorCal) and my ability to commit time is limited. Oh, summer time......

I guess time of year is not really a rule, so I'll choose the flag holder rule. I liked the big dome lights from '03 and earlier.

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by Ricksta121

<G35>

Haha, just kidding everyone. And if you dont get the joke you havent been in FIRST long enough.

I don't have the rulebook with me, but I'm going to assume that's the one against tipping. And we're all very glad this was instituted.

(10 years ago, the Islanders (who are now the Rhodewarriors) built a robot that tipped everyone else, then went and scored mucho points without opposition) And yes. It was legal.

[K.Porter]

I have no real qualms with the game play rules (FIRST obviously has justification behind all of those rules to put a little more challenge in the game, and make things fair for everyone.)

There are two things that I wouldn't mind doing without though;
First, the DIN rail power distribution block. I admit, I've learned to like the DIN system, but when the power block is the only component that fits the rail and it's taking up a lot more space than needed, well, it's just a little annoying.

Second, the status light seems quite bulky compared to previous years. The light itself is fine, but the solid state relay takes up a ton of space.

[GMAdan]

I think the rules i mostly dislike is the breakr panel rule and that you have to ship your controls with the robot.

[LightWaves1636]

I don't like the battery rule and our team defiantly didn't like Team Update #2 with the restriction on the use of the 2006 transmissions. The LED thing, I'm okay with but I wish it wasn't so bulky(or the radios).

[Andrew Blair]

Ship'n the control board. We always like to put that off until after build- lets us pretty the thing up. It's not really a game deciding factor, so long as it works.

[Cody Carey]

I'd have to agree about the Operator interface rule... It kind of seems pointless.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

By far the 'wedge' rule. Now this is what I call a wedge

Jonathan, that thing isn't a mere wedge. It's a cow-catcher. Did you leave a trail of opponents with their wheels spinning in the air that year?

[meatmanek]

I would have to agree that I'm disappointed that we have to ship our OI. We didn't get a chance to paint our OI, so it's nowhere close to being as pretty as it could have been. Even a solid coat of blue would have been nice. We would do it at our next regional, but we've got some issues: I've already epoxied in the LEDs, so we can't paint from the inside, and paint on the outside often gets scratched off.

It might have been a good idea just to ship the OI board itself, keep our custom box, and paint that before our first regional.

[Chevymann89]

I would say any part of the lifting or lifted robot being support by a tube, even if taking it out doesn’t change the 12" off the ground, Eliminates the bonus points for that match. I strongly disagree and dislike that rule. This rule was called A LOT at GLR.

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by 65_Xero_Huskie

Dislike the rules? FIRST has never made a rule that was pointless or that was crazy....Except maybe shipping the control board on ship date.

How about the flag holder?