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I can't really answer the first 1 & 3, but I think 2 &4 are definitly good ideas... But only if the "random" inspector is not the original inspector. This would remove bias that the original may have had due to team friendlieness, etc.
Perhaps also some intercommunication of rule interpretation?
Say for the first regionals of the season, there are more than one (I don't know off-hand). The head ref's from each regional should talk with eachother at Lunch break on Thursday and Friday about any rule occurances that are questionable. (Such as the 'mouse-bot'). They should decide what should be allowed, then the rest of the regionals should follow suit.
What happens if Regional #1 doesn't allow 'mouse-bots' and Regional #7 allows them. Team X attends regionals 1 and 7 but removes a key strategy from their bot on Thursday because they think it's not going to be allowed... Once again brings up the whole 'shafted' topic.
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