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Kevin,
Paragraph C begins with "any device".
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[R08]
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C. Any devices or decorations specifically intended to jam or interfere with the
remote sensing capabilities of another Robot, including vision systems, acoustic
range finders, sonars, infra-red proximity detectors, etc.(e.g. including imagery on your Robot that, to a reasonably astute observer, mimics the Vision Target)
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Take precautions to ensure it doesn't cause problems, of course, but do so because you're a decent person. This rule does not ban even an LED suit that
does interfere with another robot, so long as it's not specifically intended to do that. Also, people are generally neither robots nor fielded by teams as such, and thus not subject to any [Rxx] rules.
More relevant is [T15]:
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The Head Referee may assign a Yellow Card as a warning of egregious Robot or team member behavior at the Arena. A Yellow Card will be indicated by the Head Referee standing in front of the team’s Player Station and holding a yellow card in the air after the completion of the Match. In the first Match that an team receives a Yellow Card, it acts as a warning.
Once a team receives a Yellow Card, its team number will be colored yellow on the audience screen at the beginning of all subsequent Matches as a reminder to the team, the Referees, and the audience that they have been issued a Yellow Card.
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If the Head Referee thinks that your team members are displaying egregious behavior, presumably by not turning off their lights after being asked to do so, and probably some steps in between, s/he could assign you a yellow card. It's unclear whether this rule applies beyond Matches, since it is implied that this rule requires a Match in progress in order to present a Yellow Card at the end of, however Arena would seem to include the entire event. There may be a different Arena definition which I'm erroneously not applying in this situation, but don't be a lamewad.