A reminder before the big day

[Sunbun]

Originally Posted by Stalkerman69

ahhh man! time has gone by so fast since last season. Im so excited I'll need a towel. So I heard a rumor that there has been a breach at FIRST and some teams have the new game. Thats a shame; my son came home and told me and i didnt have the patience to let him be so idiotic so i hit him in the back of the head. ......... so does anyone know what the game really is? k cya everyone, thnx a bunch, from your secret lover stalkerman69.

Something tells me you're not a parent and not from Team 2669 in Israel...

Please stop.

[ATannahill]

As an observation 4 teams were recently dropped of the list of participating teams, I do not know what that indicates.

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

As an observation 4 teams were recently dropped of the list of participating teams, I do not know what that indicates.

Let's get this tread back on track. Gossip and speculation won't make the situation any better.

[BenB]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Yes
No - the videos are copywrite protected.

Since when does copyright matter on youtube

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by 2166BlueBotics

Since when does copyright matter on youtube

Copyright matters no matter where it's posted. If an item has a copyright, having it posted on youtube doesn't void the owners copyright. You are voicing a large misconception of the "web 2.0" generation.

[DonRotolo]

I think he was expressing sarcasm.

Now if we could get all the newer folks to just read this thread...


sigh.

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[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

I think he was expressing sarcasm.

Now if we could get all the newer folks to just read this thread...


sigh.

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DOH!! I should have looked for the "mentor" tag. It's so darned hard to read tone on the web...

[usbcd36]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

Copyright matters no matter where it's posted. If an item has a copyright, having it posted on youtube doesn't void the owners copyright. You are voicing a large misconception of the "web 2.0" generation.

I wonder if the rightful copyright owner(s) could be persuaded to post it on YouTube themselves. It would certainly aid in distribution, as I remember the official download being very slow, even in the off-season.

[wilsonmw04]

While I agree with your comments, let me add one thing. Take a look at the upper right corner of the offending post before saying, "dude, read the manual!" or "search before posting, man!" If they are new, welcome them to our little community and POLITELY point them to where they can find the answers they are looking for. Remember, your post maybe someone's first impression of the CD community specifically and the larger FIRST community in general.

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

While I agree with your comments, let me add one thing. Take a look at the upper right corner of the offending post before saying, "dude, read the manual!" or "search before posting, man!" If they are new, welcome them to our little community and POLITELY point them to where they can find the answers they are looking for. Remember, your post maybe someone's first impression of the CD community specifically and the larger FIRST community in general.

Very true, good first impressions are a MUST in a forum. People are easily turned off when someone flames them in their first post.

[Kyle]

I think that FIRST will put the video on youtube them selves since they have a FIRST youtube account.

[chmp09]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

While I agree with your comments, let me add one thing. Take a look at the upper right corner of the offending post before saying, "dude, read the manual!" or "search before posting, man!" If they are new, welcome them to our little community and POLITELY point them to where they can find the answers they are looking for. Remember, your post maybe someone's first impression of the CD community specifically and the larger FIRST community in general.

Yes first impressions are important, but this also gives you a chance to say it in your own way. The game manual is sometimes worded strange or leaves gray areas. Its also a good idea to check the first updates. There are usually a few updates each year to clear up some of that gray area.

Finally, reading the game manual will save time and lead to more creativity in the end.

[Cow Bell Solo]

I would also like to add to the comment of getting all the sections of the manual tonight and then get the undecrypted copy after the main rush of tomorrow. I would add, check the FIRST website weekly for when they release the manual updates as they will add information that had previous questions about, or change some of the rules. This can become crucial information in your design of your robot and strategy.

Lets just say I printed off the available sections once they were released on the website. And being last year as being one of the two people on the team that read the manual and everyone said lets do this, lets do that, or can we do this, can we do that, and It got tireing after a while since we always were having to correct them because they didn't read the manual and know the rules, and eventually people starting to just plain ask us. I would tell them well it is in the manual, look in this section, it says it there, but they would only look for what they were wanting and not the rest of the manual. So I also heavely suggest that you get the entire team to read the manual to save those that read the manual lots of frustration.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

Thanks for posting this Eric.

I add my thanks to Eric. A bit self-serving of he and I though, as for a while last year we were answering most of the "read Rule <R##>" type of questions.

(write the password down!)

Better yet, take a picture of the screen with your camera and you can read it later.