Sam,
I may be a bit stupid here and I also hear what you say about the rules being sufficently dubious to enable players to get around the question of 'ramping' but be honest m8 if the chrono judge applies the test for 'run-away triggers' hes gonna know the marker is ramping! He won't need any high-tech device to tell him, he just pulls the trigger, reaches 5bps and away it goes!
The MS rules have stated 'No Ramping' but does not state that there will be an actual test for this but correct me if I'm wrong, was there a test last year?, was 'Ramping' allowed? did it state anywhere in the rules?
Just playing 'devils advocate' here as I beleive there are gonna be a lot of pissed of players in Germany.