This really is a bug. When it was pointed out to me I wrote Aaron Hall and asked and he confirmed that it is a bug and told me how it was supposed to work (2000 limit for chips and bases combined). I didn't ask about the units because they're not much of an issue in our contest. Since he knows about it, I expect that it will be fixed in the next patch.
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