YMTC: How Open Is Redateam's Fix-it Window

[Natchez]

Thank you 2008 GDC! You Make The Call (YMTC) is a series of situations where you are the official and make the call. Please reference specific rules when applicable. The results of YMTC are not official and are for educational purposes only.

Redateam had there best build season ever! Redabot, nicknamed The Mississippi Slinger, was fully functional going into the crate. With such promise for the first-week Magnolia Regional, Redateam only takes one day off before returning to work on the Thursday after shipping Redabot. Thursday started off with a bang, twenty spare parts from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm ... everything Slinger's base would ever need. The only thing left to do was to make some spare arms for Redabot. At 10:00 pm, the Firo Machine Shop's CNC PVC Tube Bender, Ole Blue, was loaded with 1" PVC pipe. When Redateam pressed GO on Ole Blue, there was no motion but the screen flashed "ERROR 1801". After several phone calls and an exhaustive search for the manuals, Redateam figured it out; a zero-radius corner in Slinger's arm part file was carried through to the CNC file and Ole Blue would have nothing of it ... what a smart machine. Although it took Redateam 5 hours to figure out the problem, it only took about 5 minutes to fix the files. Then at 3:15 am on Friday morning, Ole Blue bent 10 new replacement arms for Slinger; everything was done by 3:45 am. Another all-nighter but it was well worth it because in the semifinals of the Magnolia Regional, Redabot, in a winning effort, crashed into the wall destroying both of Slinger's arms. Redateam quickly ran back to the pits, pulled out two of Ole Blue's arms, and installed them on Slinger just in time for the finals.

Based on the 2008 Rules, YOU MAKE THE CALL!