"noodle hats" for Quals

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Gregor

What if team A makes a blocker for team B because they are together for match 1, then team A takes a the blocker back and puts it on team C in match 18?

Not sure how to call that one.

There are a couple of ways to call it.

Team C would need to be inspected with the blocker on. Naturally, they'd have to pass. Otherwise, moot point, team C can't use the blocker.

But the thing is, let's say that somebody notices that Team A is showing up, and every match they show up in, one of their alliance partners is carrying the same blocker. It's not inconceivable that somebody will figure out that Team A has the blocker, and is putting it on other teams' robots (with their permission, obviously). Is there a rule that would prevent it? I can't think of one off the top of my head. But there might be a way to rule that it's illegal. I'm thinking something on the order of the "each team can only bring one robot" rule combined with a narrowish reading of the Withholding Allowance rules and the "combined weight of mechanisms used in a modular system" rules would be enough to push it into the non-legal zone--but before going that far, the GDC members present would probably be asked to huddle up on the issue.