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Originally Posted by 1075guy
Precisely what my point has been all along. At least some LRIs are capable of understanding reasonable thought. I have never argued that the rule somehow isn't the rule and that I don't need to follow it. I'm arguing that the rule is baseless and silly, and achieves nothing in terms of increasing safety or levelling the playing field.
Again, show me how this provides me a tangible advantage of any kind, and I will concede this point. Of course we should all be inspected to the same standard.
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Since you asked, Say Rookie Team 9999 doesn't have numerous batteries to bring to competition due to this being their first year. Deep into the elimination rounds batteries are running slim. They have 2 completely charged batteries left. They have a slight pneumatic leak and there is a referee huddle going on at the end of the previous match. The pneumatic system is slowly leaking and the team is concerned they won't have a successful auto mode because their shooter is pneumatic fed and the on board charger won't be able to adequately charge the system enough when the match starts. They can't risk draining their battery either prior to the match to top off their system.
Meanwhile, Veteran team with an off board compressor on their cart doesn't hesitate to recharge their system during the delay because it isn't effecting their match battery at all.
That seems to be a large advantage to me. Just follow the rules.