[BB] 2010 Game Hint #1

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by jamie_1930

I have to disagree with you here, following kick off we have a huge brainstorming session and as should be with all brainstorming sessions there are no bad ideas. If you come up with something that's against the rules you can always tweak it to fit the rules and that illegal design may lead you to numerous legal ones that would be any better. By the time you agree on the final design yes it should be checked for all of the rules, but saying that it'll only cause trouble isn't entirely correct. Although, yes you should understand what you need to design before you do so, but isn't that the whole purpose of the game animation?

With what are you disagreeing? The original question ("there is always someone that wants to design something illegal, and they don't know there is a rule against it") and my response ("make them read the rules before they design") both had to do with design. Your comment has to do with brainstorming. They are orthogonal concepts, with only a single point of intersection.

And no, the purpose of the game animation - or any other part of the kick-off broadcast - is NOT to substitute for reading the rules. Any student that thinks so is missing the point of the broadcast (and for that matter, the rules), and any mentor that lets them get away with that is doing a disservice to the team.

-dave




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