Nylon and Aluminum Screws now Illegal

[sazrocks]

@Foster

You used the word “pretty” and that is also an escape word. What are the cases where the nut would not be legal?

I mainly used that to exclude modifications that would be illegal (welding, melting down and casting, etc.). Secondarily, depending on whether the nut would be considered part of a pneumatic part (the reservoir), it might not be legal to cut the nut. Would be a good Q&A (oh wait, its closed).

@Foster

The legality of the part went from the Head Ref to the RECF manager, to the people on event call that weekend to the GDC. The ruling came back that it was fine for this event.

@seenSeal

Same thing happned at LA states with us, but with our custom internal motor cart which was machiend from a spacer. Saddly the ruling came back that it was not legal.

Hold on here. Are you saying that the GDC was contacted privately mid-event to get a rules clarification? If so, this is in direct contradiction to well-established GDC policy:

7. This system is the only source for official rules clarifications.

• Please do not privately contact the Game Design Committee to ask for rules clarifications. They will simply point you to this Q&A system or ignore the inquiry entirely. This includes via email, social media, forum private messages, etc. This policy exists primarily to make sure that all rules clarifications are posted publicly for all Teams, Head Referees, and Event Partners to learn from equally.

https://www.robotevents.com/VRC/2022-2023/QA/guidelines
This policy is designed to ensure all rulings and clarifications are publicly available and transparent, and not conducted opaquely behind closed doors (or phone calls). If this policy was violated then that is extremely troubling. The last time this occurred from my memory (also in California…), we got this disaster.