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Re: Odd things the rules allow, and should probably be changed

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
Orlando Regional Elims last year. Something went wrong on Bacon and they needed to be a push bot for a match, so they added batteries for ballast (not connected electrically), ran it by an inspector and got it okayed. Then it was retroactively declared illegal and the alliance was retroactively DQ'd after they had advanced. Pretty painful on all sides. Last year's R21 equivalent was slightly fuzzy on whether ballast batteries were legal. It seemed like ballast batteries were probably illegal, but only after some heavy careful word parsing. Glad to see they've made it abundantly clear this year.
Thanks for the explanation. I cant wait to get to do the same with the noodle agreement!
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