Answered: Use of Q&A in Competition

[alex531]

Are you allow to show Q&A(picture of the post and with link) to the head ref before all the matches starts? And is the Official Q&A count as part of the “official” rule book? Because the head ref told me that he only follows the rule book not the Q&A and all Refs ruling are final.

[Karthik]

@alex531

Are you allow to show Q&A(picture of the post and with link) to the head ref before all the matches starts? And is the Official Q&A count as part of the “official” rule book? Because the head ref told me that he only follows the rule book not the Q&A and all Refs ruling are final.

Here’s what the Game Manual says:

@VEX Robotics Competition Nothing But Net Game Manual

<G16> All teams must adhere to all VEX Robotics Competition Rules as they are written, and must abide by the stated intent of the rules. Every team has the opportunity to ask for official rules interpretations in the VEX Robotics Competition Question & Answer Forum. All responses in this Q&A forum should be treated as official rulings from the VEX Robotics Competition Game Design Committee, and they represent the correct and official interpretation of the VEX Robotics Competition Rules.

Thus the Q&A is part of the official rule book. For the most part the Q&A just serves to clarify questions about things that are already in the rules. (e.g. This question)