Please Only Answer Questions if you know the Answer!

[Greg Needel]

I hate to come down on people but recently i have been seeing more and more people answering questions like:

"i think that is correct but i am not sure"
"I am pretty sure you would be fine with that"


Those posts are useless and potentially harmful.

In a perfect world everyone would read the rules and search before they post but i have come to accept the fact that doesn't happen, but the biggest problem i see now is people giving wrong information in posts. Answering questions from what they think they know or from a previous year. So i ask you all if you don't know the answer for sure please just don't post. There are some teams out there that will take everything written on CD as the truth and this could seriously affect their season, if they never follow up on the answer received here.

Here is my suggestion: If someone posts a question that is in the rules, directly quote the rule. If you can't do that or can't find the exact rule DON'T POST.

example:
Question: "Can we use 4 small CIM motors?"

Answer: " yes you can because of rule <R43>, Teams may utilize one or two additional small CIM motors (part #FR801-001) in addition to those provided in the kit of parts. This means that you may use up to four, and no more, small CIM motors on the robot."

Thank you all for your time and hopefully you will heed my recommendation.