Yes, both are valid points, but I feel like my side of this debate has the advantage of instigating the main priority of Ropers, collecting a crate before attacking, it's more logical to follow CBA where possible.
w2w is merely a backup plan, it should never take priority over CBA.
I'm still trying to catch old wormers through emails and skype, 99% of them all told me W2W was always mandatory (exact words). Written or unwritten rules, it always felt that way.
Again, I ask, who exactly are you contacting? Straight up I don't believe what you are saying, and if it's true, do they realize the situation we are discussing involves crates still being available?
I am not calling you a liar, I just don't believe you because I don't have any reason to without evidence.
I can't really believe you've had this opinion since '99 Komo...
I've honestly never had to think about it before, all I am saying is this is something I have never heard of before, there is no evidence to support it, which goes both for official rules and these so called people you are talking to.