Confirmed.  The team does NOT have a choice.  The wire/zip line will be set
up on all FLL tournament tables this year.

Steve Scherr
VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor


On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Light, Leigh L. <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

>  I must have misread some of the documentation/emails.  I thought that
> the team could opt not to have the airplane wire/zip line configured at all
> if they did not want it up during the tournament.****
>
> ** **
>
> If I understand the email from the VA/DC FLL Referee, the wire/zipline
> MUST be configured during the tournament and the team cannot opt to have it
> removed before the robot performs its runs.****
>
> ** **
>
> Could someone please confirm?****
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks,****
>
> Leigh Light****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* First Lego League in Virginia and DC [mailto:
> [log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *ODD Merit Badge Jamboree
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 24, 2013 6:46 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
>
> *Subject:* Re: [VADCFLL-L] Qualifier scheduling****
>
> ** **
>
> No, the team may not take down the wire/zip line.  There are several rules
> that prohibit that kind of change.****
>
> ** **
>
> First--it isn't allowed at all.****
>
> Rule 14:  Mission Models
>   - You may not take mission models apart, even temporarily.
>
> Second--the team isn't allowed to do it by hand.
> Rule 20:  Sending/Handling Things Outside Base
>   - Your hands may not directly or indirectly strategically change the
> shape, position, motion, quantity, or other status of things outside Base
> ...
>
> Third--if the robot does it, then your team can't score points because of
> doing it.
> Rule 34:  Model Damage
>   - Any scoring success which obviously depended on model damage is marked
> scoreless.****
>
> Steve Scherr
> VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor****
>
> ** **
>
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Mac Duis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> ****
>
> Once the plane is released, can the team take down the wire?
>
> Mac Duis****
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