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[MikeDubreuil]

Originally Posted by iCurtis

Yet, with 6 years of FIRST experience, not even a high school diploma (yet), and a few hours of my time, I came to these conclusions? I thought it was relatively clear. Could it have been clearer? Yup. But the Q&A effectively cleared up these sticking points by the end of week 2. And if you can't be bothered to read the Q&A, why are you spending thousands of dollars competing?

Well maybe you're just waaaaay smarter than me

BTW: I do read the Q/A.

- The competition manual should be able to make it's case without relying on the Q/A. I have found that 99% of questions are easily answered by reading the manual; for instance, this thread. I found Figure 8-2 confusing and I don't think it was a good way to show the 4 corner examples.

- Fortunately or maybe unfortunately, many teams don't have to work as hard to come up with the funds for registration. I have seen that this works in ways that wasn't intended. I have actually encountered these: "Why do I have to read the rules? It will be okay if we ship a couple days late. Why doesn't someone from FIRST come and mentor us?"

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil

BTW: I do read the Q/A.

Ah, sorry about that. I didn't mean to insinuate you didn't, just that some teams don't and then complain when their robot is illegal. And I do sound pretty pompous, I didn't mean to come across as such.

Which particular issue gave you trouble that wasn't adequately answered by the Q&A?