Team Update #18

[Kevin Kolodziej]

I don't like that the ruling has been changed now, after the strategy was actually used, when the very question was asked in the Q/A forum back in January and it was given the go-ahead.

I'm fine with not allowing it...but don't allow it from the start next time!

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kolodziej

I don't like that the ruling has been changed now, after the strategy was actually used, when the very question was asked in the Q/A forum back in January and it was given the go-ahead.

You mean this Q&A response?

Originally Posted by Q&A

01-11-2007, 05:21 PM FRC1618

Starting Conditions

Section 7.3.3.1 dictates the starting conditions of the robot, but one question remains: Can a robot start on top of another robot, provided that both fit within their respective size restrictions?

01-14-2007, 10:37 AM GDC

Re: Starting Conditions

There is no rule that would prohibit this.

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kolodziej

I don't like that the ruling has been changed now, after the strategy was actually used, when the very question was asked in the Q/A forum back in January and it was given the go-ahead.

I'm fine with not allowing it...but don't allow it from the start next time!

I revise my earlier opinion. A complete reversal when the question was asked a week after kickoff and given the go ahead and a team was obviously thinking about it is just plain wrong. The Zone Zeal tape measure decision was bad enough with allowing previously illegal mechanisms after build season. But outlawing a strategy after build? That you'd already been asked about? I think the GDC made a pretty large slip-up here.