YMTC: Your Thoughts

[Steve W]

Originally Posted by seanwitte

I think people should actively avoid the gray areas in the rules, making the YMTC threads unnecessary. Is it really so hard or restrictive to clearly stay within the bounds of the rules? Does a bad rule mean that people are obligated to push it? The first few weeks of the season make me cringe sometimes because theres this inherent need to nitpick everything. I think the YMTC threads advance the idea that its ok to push an edge case as long as you can justify it.

As long as this is a competition teams will push the limits.Those that succeed are those who can push the envelope and still stay within the lines. Everyone always looks for the little something that will make them just that little bit better. One example was a ruling that came out last year about blocking 2 ball chutes by one robot. If it had of come out any later we would have been into heavy design to make it happen. It would be much better to have at kick off then we would not have even been considering that option.