[Chris is me]

I (and several others) just can't fathom how a strategy can be "unfair", ever.

I apologize in advance for this analogy. In competitive Pokemon battling, there are some MUCH better than others. They quickly get discovered, as the best players use them. Then more and more people adapt their teams to handle them, or even add them to their teams. There are always people going "Overused Pokemon X is unfair!" and get offended when they battle against it, but that's really a combination of their own stubbornness and inability or unwillingness to adapt, since they are 100% free to use it or adapt their teams to it at any time.

Now, if there was a rule saying "<R99>: The only team allowed to use a ball return cycler is team 469, Las Guerillas, from Michigan. 217 is required to be on all of their elimination alliances to make them as good as possible.", I would very quickly object. But the simple truth is, as balanced or as unbalanced as the rules may be, they allowed you to build this robot, and they allow you to plan against it. They have from Day 1. The fact that you didn't build the robot is your own fault, so if you think it's overpowered, the only person who "screwed up" isn't the GDC.