2nd Most Awaited Q and A Answer?

[Squillo]

If they had just added three words, it would all be clear(er).
"The contiguous part of the appendage must be outside the Frame Perimeter at all times" (Italics were ADDED BY ME, NOT part of the actual GDC answer!)

If they'd just added those words. Not that I'd WANT those words, but it is STILL "clear as mud".

If you "extend" your "H" shaped appendage so that it is vertical (prongs of H sticking up) until fully outside the perimeter, then flip it down, it might satisfy the "at all times" requirement. Still a pain in the butt.

But maybe they didn't put "at all times" for a reason. Maybe it's OK to briefly have two prongs outside the perimeter. But what if your robot broke at exactly that point and you couldn't get it further out? Penalty! And who defines "briefly"? This is a quagmire and I think the GDC knows it.

Should have had a lawyer on the committee from the 'git go'... it's our job to avoid this kind of ambiguity! (Not that we always succeed.)