Batteries Carried Into Competitions

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Originally Posted by Adam Y.

And the moral of the story is don't make assumptions. You made an assumption now you have to pay for it. Consider this a life lesson.

Are you suggesting that everyone needs to have every decision they make that is not explicitly allowed by the rules approved by the GDC?

My thought process (I imagine 125 went through a similar process) for keeping our batteries in our shop was as follows:

1. We have reasons that make it beneficial to keep the batteries (testing, can be fully charged upon arrival, etc.)
2. We are within 20 min. of our regional and will easily be able to transport the batteries in minivans and/or pickup trucks that will be part of our caravan.
3. The definitions that would apply to this situation are identical to those in previous manuals.
4. In previous years batteries could be brought to competitions without counting as part of our allowance of Fabricated Parts.
5. Section 4 of the manual states that batteries do not have to be shipped with the robot and makes no mention of them being part of the Withholding Allowance.

You always have to make assumptions at some point, you will never have perfect information. The goal is to get enough information so that the assumptions have the greatest chance of being correct. If you see a major flaw in my thought process or feel that a reasonable person would review the objective statements I have made and come to the conclusion that the batteries should be shipped I would be interested to hear about it.