[IronSlayTallica]

In the case of things that make noise, it's a bit like having a "no electronics" rule in school. I don't know if anybody else has that, but my school does. As I'm sitting here right now, I've got headphones and a cd player. The teachers don't mind as long it's not distracting anybody else, but the principal will definately take it away. At UTC, one of the teams (Aces High {?}) had an audio system and I thought it was awesome because they took a request from me and kept the pits upbeat, but it wasn't loud enough to drown out the announcements from the pit boss. As for noise makers, my team didn't have any and I know that I screamed myself hoarse every day. I didn't mind, but I would have liked something with a unique sound that could be "the sound of the team." I think they should be allowed as long as you can still hear any pertinent information that is being announced. Like maybe if an audio system was hooked into the main speaker system so that the pit boss can quick switch it off, announce what he needs and let the music play again, almost like supermarket music, or the captain interrupting the on-flight movie.