Coredump, you seem to assume you're talking to just a fellow forumist.
You should consider the possibility that you're talking to the AL itself. The replies you're getting if that's the case aren't opinions to be dismissed or argued against, they're directions to be followed if you want to play in the AL.
You are mistaken. When reading the website, I am 'talking to AL'. An RC or LC has no authority to determine policy, or in this case, to actively change policy. When the RC says "You can never add an encounter" and the website says "You have to be careful well adding an encounter"..... the website wins..... When the website says "same type of creature", and the RC says "exact same creature"...the website wins....
Kalani had no compunction making rule decisions that were wrong when she was an LC, I don't suppose that has changed.
I should add that I make every possible attempt to give accurate information on this forum, and not give misleading advice. If it was a case of my opinion, I would state it as such. If it is a ruling that has multiple interpretations, I would state "expect table variation" and "this is subject to DM interpretation".
The problem, as it has been repeatedly with you, is that *you* think they are the rules, so you state them as the rules.....
But you also spent months claiming that it was *illegal* for a player to buy a 6 person tent in an AL game, you spent months claiming that it was illegal for a PC to buy Winter Clothes, then you claimed that....etc etc....
You have a history of making claims about what is legal and illegal.... and do not have a great track record. Yes, you do put in a lot of effort, and I have said as much many times before. And I do believe you intend well.... but you want a much more strict, much more centralized control..... and thus you often make proclamations about what is "illegal" and then have to walk it back when it turns out your 'accurate information' was, after all, just 'your opinion'.
I make every effort possible to be accurate, and to keep my personal opinion out of my advice. If I make a mistake, I own up to it and make every effort not to repeat said mistake.
This is true.... when an Admin or the ALPG comes out and clarifies that what you have spent months declaring as 'the rules' are not really the rules... you back down. But you never pick up on the pattern, and you just find something else to declare as 'the rules'..... until that too gets over ruled.