I thought it might help to clairy were the conversation has come so far so that people dont have to trawl through the archives:

Power LED- The majority of people accept this is a good idea, on the proviso that:

a) An LED on means there is power in the robot.

b) An LED off is not sufficient to claim that there is no power in the robot- untill the link is quite clearly out (and even then previous posts have suggested that some wiring is sufficiently appalling that there may still be power to the robot) the robot must still be treated as dangerous.

Boats hooks and links- the idea seems to have been thoroughly poo-pood on the grounds that:

a)The plates can get mangled and bent so that they become stuck in the robot.

b)The idea of enforcing a no link attacks rule is very difficult to enforce, and will open up a whole avenue of possible technicalities and appeals to fight outcomes.

Lets not let this get personal, afterall were simply trying to make the sport safer and more enjoyable!