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Originally Posted by gblake
... equipped with a universal Hostbot-interface for deployment and activation; ...Blake
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Here is the sense in which I (try to) use the word "interface".
"An interface is a boundary between two things, not the thing on either side of the interface. Things meet at interfaces. The things on either side of the interface might have plugs, sockets, transmitters, receivers, tabs, alignment pins, etc. Those are the parts of the "things" that are exposed at the interface and conform to the interface, but are not the interface."
Debating this interpretation isn't necessary - I know others exist; and I see that I was sloppy when I said the mythical mini-bot would be equipped with an interface instead of saying that it would conform to the magic universal interface spec.
More interestingly, the discussion seems to be saying this: Minibots loaned to random Hostbots have to be properly deployed and activated somehow; and as folks have pointed out, if the Minibot rides in a carrier that gets left behind on the Hostbot, that carrier's weight and the weight of any/all carrier types/implementations that Hostbot uses throughout the entire regional need to be properly accounted for during inspection and subsequent preparation for all matches.
Using a Minibot carrier only once and I suppose its weight isn't on the Hostbot's books for the entire tournament; use three different carriers repeatedly, and you might need to pass inspection with all three on the scales.
Remember, I'm not the official Q&A.
Blake