[Ken Streeter]

Originally Posted by Molten

If it is unrelated to the original question, please do not extend the thread with posts. If you are interested in revisiting the previous ruling, please create a thread specifically to discuss that.

Molten,

Sorry about that. As I was writing my earlier post, it started out on a tangent. However, as I revised my post before posting it, what I ended up with actually ended up being quite relevant. Yet, the post is founded on information from last year, which officially doesn't apply at all this year, as just because something was allowed (or not allowed) last year doesn't mean it will be the same way this year.

My post should have read as follows:

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

If you're referencing 1519, that's a completely different issue. Let's try and keep that issue apart from this one to avoid confusion.

Even though this information is from last year (and thus doesn't have any official bearing on this year's rules), 1519's bumpers last year between both robot configurations were within the 15-pound weight limit. We had a set of of six bumpers (some of which were quite short) which altogether weighed less than 15 pounds. Only four of the six bumpers would be on the robot for any given match.

If you can make your two complete sets of bumpers together satisfy the weight limit (as well as all the other bumper requirements), my personal interpretation is that you should be fine.

However, the GDC took the exact opposite perspective last year, ruling that all the bumpers needed to be on the robot at one time.

Thus, if the GDC is being consistent with their reasoning from last year regarding the bumpers of the dual-configuration robot issue, then all of the bumpers of the set need to be on the robot for every round.