Battery Flip-Flop...

[Andy Baker]

Originally posted by verdeyw

The trouble with this line of thinking is that everyone, including rookies, will have to buy more battery chargers and batteries in order to have enough power for their matches. So it's still lose-lose.

Hmmm this is sorta like the mentality behind the Small Parts rule.

Originally posted by verdeyw

The only valid reason I could come up with is safety. If, for some reason, the less wimpy chargers were causing fires, or exploding, or threating people with knives, then that change to more wimpy chargers would be justified. But I haven't heard of any incidences of the above. (We did have a charger get ahold of an ice pick, though. - That was a mess.)

2 years ago at the Motorola Midwest Regional, one team blew up their battery by connecting the charger leads backwards... we had smoke, a few screams and scurrying people... it was kinda exciting.

Andy B.