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**** > ------------------------------ > > 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. ** ** > -- 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.