I've seen it mentioned on here before a few times that waterproof BC pipes were the only BC pipes to be promoted for use as the RP tubes don't offer a fluid carrying equivalent. However, I didn't realise BC pipes were outright banned from use. Only in situations were storage space would cause entity lagging symptoms.
Either way, as a player, I would promote tubes over pipes simply due to the fact they carry inherent logic in their actions.
Either way, as a player, I would promote tubes over pipes simply due to the fact they carry inherent logic in their actions.

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