Speaker

Competition Rules/Strategy
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i have a giant speaker and i am wondering if i am able to play it inside the pits

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Welcome to CD. The answer is no. Totally not allowed

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No is the correct answer.

Specifically, from the event manual…

E9: Some things do not belong at events. Do not use or bring the following…
… E: noisy devices or noisemakers, such as floor stompers, whistles and/or air horns

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thanks for the advice, i was looking on the manual and could not find it, do you think you could send a screenshot?

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It’s on page 4 of the Event Manual (not the game manual).

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The rules referenced above (as I understand them) are not meant to keep you from playing tunes in your pit, or presenting a description of your video. On the other hand, your tunes (or patter) should not make it difficult to hold a conversation in the pit next to yours. Your pit is a tiny apartment with very thin walls (or none at all) between you and your neighbors. Be a good neighbor.

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I would argue that these rules are exactly designed to keep you from playing tunes in your pit.

edit 2 E9-E does not ban speakers. I was initially wrong, as @EricH has pointed out. I stand on E9-E being relevant for banning “noisy devices”, which could easily be read as speakers.

edit: E9-E is relevant here to the banishment of speakers. In edition, E13 also prohibits “loud music” or live bands.

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Anecdotally, I remember before this rule was created years ago there were teams that DID have speakers in their pits and/or on their robot carts, and those all went away when the rule was created.

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@brennan-macaig no speakers mentioned in E9. At all.

E13 includes “do not play loud music”.
E37 bans including them on cards.

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You are right, the term speaker is not mentioned in the manual. My mistake!

However, E9 does prohibit “noisy devices or noisemakers, such as floor stompers, whistles and/or air horns”. Are speakers not noisy devices?

My mistake on the E9 restriction! Sorry about that.

edit: I have changed my post (post 8) to reflect the corrected information so that it doesn’t pop up on google in the future. Sorry for my mistake!

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To be honest, as long as they are a quiet volume (easy enough to hear, yet easy to talk over) I don’t think it would be a problem, but if you are still questioning it… bring earphones…or hand out earplugs.

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The key word in the original post is “giant”

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My first through when I saw the post is “pit space is precious, very precious”. Why would anyone be willing to sacrifice any of it to a “giant” speaker. Radio, sure, pit presentation device absolutely, giant speaker… nope. Plus we have to tote all our stuff to events that are far from home. Cargo room on the bus is also precious.

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Earphones to play music in the pits could be a potential safety hazard, if you are not able to hear your surroundings well enough

I would stray away from it in the pits

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Wired earphones present an entanglement hazard when working with power tools as well. The event will be playing enough music around the field for anyone’s need… I don’t see a need to add more to an already busy and loud pit environment.

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Yah the earphones/earplugs were kinda a joke.

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