Coloring parts is now illegal?

[BananaPi]

@kkaidenn

Finally, if you’re going to lecture me on the “intent” of the rules, you should notice that in the Override manual, clause “a” has been updated to state that anodizing, painting, or color changing of any legal VEX part is now prohibited globally, with no mention of mimicking game elements in that specific sub-clause . If you want to argue about “99.9999%” of parts, take it up with the GDC, not me. Take me off the watch list.

@kkaidenn

The manual highlights that because Override relies heavily on AI Vision and Optical Sensors, custom colors could unfairly interfere with an opponent’s sensors or mimic Field Elements and Scoring Objects.

Seriously? You yourself have highlighted the “intent” of the rules.

@kkaidenn

However, the note in clause “a” for High Stakes creates a separate, blanket prohibition: as of October 1, 2024, anodizing or color changing of official VEX parts is strictly “no longer allowed in events in mainland China”.

Nothing from the previous seasons matters one bit. The current rules are the current rules.

@kkaidenn

Furthermore, the GDC has clarified that an important focus is “preventing Teams from building Robots that could interfere with sensors” and ensuring that “all Teams can rely on their sensors to work as expected” .

Except for that one really really red robot at worlds (I think it was 5013X), almost all robots will not interfere with the sensors. In fact, if they do, the sensor using team needs to reconsider how they are using the sensors. Should the blue alliance be penelized if a distance-reset from the red alliance fails because it sees the other robot? No! Then why should the same apply to the other sensors like the colour sensor?? There are hurdles you need to overcome with using any sensor. Arbitratily removing these doesn’t increase students creativtiy and problem solving skills. It makes it easier for them, and makes the sensors more worth the price (which isn’t nesscarily a bad thing if they wern’t 50-100 dollars)