My team's interpretation -

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Tom Marino <
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> 1.Can you stack the green bins on top of each other onto you West
> transfer, or must you put them in one at a time?  If the bins were stacked
> on top of each other, would they be considered ‘on the transfer’ (earning
> the 7 point per yellow/blue bar score compared with the 6 point per
> yellow/blue bar not 'on the transfer' or 'transfer area')?  If you put all
> three green bins stacked on top of each other on the West Transfer and the
> other team brought them to their side using the transfer, would all three
> be considered to have passed ‘by way of your West Transfer?’
>
>
Nothing in the rules says that you can't, but this is a cooperative
mission.  IMHO there is very little chance that the other team will have a
method of getting the boxes off the transfer that will work with a stack of
boxes.  Your team will have to decide if the 7 points per bar for multiple
bins is worth giving up the potential 60 points that you would get if the
other team were to pick up even one bin and take it back to safety.



> 2. How many points do teams start off with?  I.e. which black bars are
> considered when applying the 8 point per bar for bars in their original
> setup position?  The one’s I see are...
>
>    1. 4 black bars that comprise the soon-to-be demolished structure,
>    2. 2 black bars that comprise the toy packaging found inside the power
>    plant,
>    3. 2 black bars that start on the sorter.
>    4. 4 black bars that the refs hold on to (for penalties)
>
>
We are under the assumption that the bars in the structure, package, and on
the sorter are in 'original setup position'.  We are not assuming anything
about the black bars that the ref has.


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> On Thursday, September 10, 2015 1:53 PM, VA-DC Referee Advisor <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Also, remember during setup to "insert the Compost disc, studs up. This
> is needed!"  This is described in Step 6.
>
> Teams are going to know a lot more about which Models are sensitive or
> delicate than the referees do (at least for Week 1!), so please let us know
> what you see.
>
> Steve Scherr
> Virginia-DC FLL Referee Advisor
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Frank Levine <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> Ours works just fine.  If you're still having issues, maybe you could make
> a quick video and upload it to youtube so we can compare it with ours.
> Make sure you show the problem, and well as some good/steady closeups of
> your construction.
>
> -Frank
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Shawn Redding <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> Ours works great.  I would focus on how tight the moving components are
> within the model and make sure there isn't excessive resistance.
>
> Shawn Redding
> Team # 17657
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Sep 10, 2015, at 11:47 AM, Koehler, Jennifer (US) <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> YES! Ours doesn’t seem to work consistently. Any advice or pinpoint of
> incorrect building would be helpful.
>
>
> *From:* First Lego League in Virginia and DC [
> mailto:[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>] *On
> Behalf Of *Sitarama Kalipatnapu
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 10, 2015 11:44 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* [VADCFLL-L] Composer mission model
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> Folks,
> We are having difficulty getting the computer mission model to work the
> way the challenge video shows. My team disassembled and reassembled a
> couple of times and still it does not work the way it is supposed to be.
> I am wondering if others are having similar issues with the composer
> mission model or it is just us. Appreciate it, if you can share your
> experience with the composter mission model.
> Thanks,
> Sitaram
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