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Originally Posted by EricH
There are a couple of ways to call it.
Team C would need to be inspected with the blocker on. Naturally, they'd have to pass. Otherwise, moot point, team C can't use the blocker.
But the thing is, let's say that somebody notices that Team A is showing up, and every match they show up in, one of their alliance partners is carrying the same blocker. It's not inconceivable that somebody will figure out that Team A has the blocker, and is putting it on other teams' robots (with their permission, obviously). Is there a rule that would prevent it? I can't think of one off the top of my head. But there might be a way to rule that it's illegal. I'm thinking something on the order of the "each team can only bring one robot" rule combined with a narrowish reading of the Withholding Allowance rules and the "combined weight of mechanisms used in a modular system" rules would be enough to push it into the non-legal zone--but before going that far, the GDC members present would probably be asked to huddle up on the issue.
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To start, let's assume that the blocker was constructed from raw materials at CMP, so there's no concern about the withholding allowance. Each robot with the blocker would have to be inspected and make weight with the blocker, and if they had to take something off to make weight that something could never be reinstalled.
If team A brought the blocker pre-constructed, that'd be part of their withholding. And, I think, part of the withholding of every other team that used it. So in this case team A needs to be carefully asking the right questions before they hand over the thing for installation.
I don't think the GDC has anything to do with rules interpretation at the tournament. This one would belong to the Lead Robot Inspector of the tournament (or Division, at CMP) -- see 5.5.2 in the game manual. The LRI may consult with the lead LRI (Big Al) if he or she feels the need. How Al makes rulings for things like this, I don't know; I'm sure he has all the contacts he needs at FIRST HQ but I would have no idea how he uses them.