I tell teams that it's always okay to ask the referee, but sometimes she has to say, "No, I can't do that." (because of Rule 14, Quality Control) Corn not jumbled--the answer is No. The photo in the Field Setup shows the corn kind of jumbled, and the setup directions reference the photo. Corn *less* likely to stick--the answer is yes. The Field Setup tells what to do with the harvester. Corn in single layer--The Field Setup says that the four corn pieces must be individually loose. I agree that pieces piled on top of each other doesn't count as "individually loose", so yes, they should be in a single layer. Note that it is expected that sometimes some of the corn will stick in the harvester. The words in the Field Setup say "less likely to stick". Scott Evans also speaks of the corn sticking in either the Coaches' Robot Game recording or in the FLL mission review video on YouTube. (Neither the call nor the video are official, but they do reinforce the expectations set by the wording in the game materials.) Scott notes that the team only needs one piece of corn, so if the others stick, it doesn't affect scoring. Plus--the team always gets at least three matches to achieve its highest score. It's time for this week's reminder--now that the team has had a chance to work with the robot and the missions for a little while, it's a great time for the rules and mission experts on the team to review ALL the Robot Game documents to see what little pieces of information they can pick up. Did you know that we had all that information about the corn? Ask the team members if they saw the Rubik's Cube in the Game documents, too! Steve Scherr VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Danielle Dash <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In addition to the rat slides sticking, I have noted that the corn in the combine needs to be placed carefully in the back, or it will not come out no matter how far you push it/engage the dumping mechanism. Is it appropriate to ask the referee to place the corn in a single layer and not just jumbled into the back? It often gets jammed when you just dump it in. > > Thanks > Danielle Dash > Team 3365 Kung Food Fighters > Team 4201 Big Brother of Kung Food Fighters > Jr. FLL Team Little Brother of Kung Food Fighters > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.