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Originally Posted by Chris is me
My interpretation of "static set" is that you cannot go back and say "oh, this item we didn't need doesn't count anymore, so this other item counts". As in "once it's in, it's in." Your interpretation has a lot of consequences, such as teams never being able to bring in parts they forgot on Thursday, and requiring all of the items enter the venue at the exact same time.
But for the sake of argument let's use your interpretation - you must define this set of items once and it will remain that way. What if you bring in zero pounds of items and then define the set once you go to your trailer / shop / whatever in one fell swoop?
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We have always brought in our withholding allowance when we brought in our robot, so maybe that is skewing my interpretation of the rule. I would obviously use better judgement than "Oh you forgot a part you meant to bring, sucks to be you" but I could very well be wrong in my interpretation. In my opinion you have an intended set of parts that you plan on bringing to the competition and that set of parts should not exceed the 45 lb allowance. And I want to make sure to put it out there that I am in no way calling anybody a cheater, misinterpretations happen and rules are missed every year, I don't think anybody that is doing this is doing it knowing they are doing it illegally.