Knots in the rope?

[Ogehsim]

I04 says "A Team must submit any ROPE they intend to use in a MATCH for Inspection."

Does "any" imply a team could have more than 1 custom rope?
I see that you can only bring 1 rope onto the field, but I can't find anything that says you can only bring 1 custom rope to competition.

[Kevin Sevcik]

I04. ROPES have to be inspected. A Team must submit any ROPE they intend to use in a MATCH for Inspection. A ROPE must meet the following criteria:
A. have a maximum width of 1 in. (nominal) (e.g. exclusive of any knot widths)

Originally Posted by Ari423

No rule to reference, but from a practical standpoint I expect the answer is no. Your whole rope, including knots must be less than 1" wide.

Rope nominal width is 1", knots don't count. Although I expect excessive knots will be frowned upon.

Originally Posted by engunneer

I don't think the alliance is limited to a single custom rope anyway. I think each team is limited to a single custom rope.

I don't see anything in the rules about being limited to a single custom rope. The wording of replacing 1 rope with your own rope suggests you can't hand an extra custom rope to an ally and have them put it on the field for you, but I don't see anything that would limit you to multiple inspected ropes in your inventory.

I think I'd kind of prefer inspecting someone's entire supply of ropes all at once instead of a rushed inspection of a replacement rope in the middle of Elims, honestly.

[engunneer]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

I don't see anything in the rules about being limited to a single custom rope. The wording of replacing 1 rope with your own rope suggests you can't hand an extra custom rope to an ally and have them put it on the field for you, but I don't see anything that would limit you to multiple inspected ropes in your inventory.

I agree but the person i was replying to seemed to imply it was one per alliance. They are not the only person to have this conception but nobody had responded to that point yet. see https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/s...hreadid=153312

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

I think I'd kind of prefer inspecting someone's entire supply of ropes all at once instead of a rushed inspection of a replacement rope in the middle of Elims, honestly.

Totally agree. Each team with custom ropes should have multiple copies to have a ready spare, and they should all get inspected at once so they can be swapped out as needed.

[FalconCHief]

Originally Posted by Ari423

No rule to reference, but from a practical standpoint I expect the answer is no. Your whole rope, including knots must be less than 1" wide. If you put knots in the provided rope without getting it inspected*, there is no way to ensure that your rope follows that rule.


*on-field inspections are not allowed and you can't remove the provided ropes from the field

The rule is: A. have a maximum width of 1 in. (nominal) (e.g. exclusive of any knot widths)

This means knots do CAN be >1 in wide as long as the rope making the knot is no bigger than 1 in wide.