Seriously, did someone write an email to FFG about this concern? There were a lot of rule questions in the past and FFG clarified them per mail even before new FAQs were released.
So are we waiting for a response or just philsophizing the same arguments again and again?
I submitted a rules question to FFG while this thread was still young. I think I've submitted at least four different rules questions in the past month or so and have not received a response to any of them.
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First, what's the Stele Open and why should I care about how a TO there ruled any more than how a TO at any other tournament has ruled? Other TOs have ruled that the cards interact exactly as the rules and card text say that they do.
Because Stele open has in attendance the people that make the rules. Therefore, the implication is their presence and ability to weigh in on the TO's decision increases the accuracy of the TO's judgement.
Second, why would any of those people have raised a stink about about this ruling unless it directly affected them? I don't know that I've ever considered Paul Heaver as an expert on the minutia of X-Wing rules and I don't think he's ever presented himself as such when I've heard him on podcasts.
Because Paul Heaver designed the Boba Fett card in question, and thus if the ruling went against his intended effect, he would have vocalized it to the TO and/or community. Generally, if the designer of something is ok with it, there is a good bet that it is the right call.
Personally, I don't think the Stele open's TO ruling is any different than any other TO ruling, unless Frank Brooks or Alex Davey is there to assist the TO. The fact that Paul Heaver designed the card doesn't mean much to me because he's just providing idea input, not writing the RRG or FAQ. IIRC Paul said that his idea was to have a card that let him take out problematic cards from the game like EU. That's not the same as writing the FAQ and the card's actual text.
Tired of hearing about these Stele guys (this and their damned Regional is enough for me).