Originally Posted by Gemmendorfer (Post 1323319)

(Sorry if I missed something in the rules or in another thread, but...) Does this mean that if a Robot A starts with a ball inside them for autonomous but is not functioning at all (Robot A never moves throughout the match) (Similar to Team 1717 in the tournament on Newton and Team 118 on Einstein in 2012), the entire alliance is screwed over/can't score anymore points due to the ball trapped in Robot A? (Or can the alliance start cycling from the pedestal if it is obvious Robot A is dead/disabled and there is no way the ball can be dislodged from Robot A?)

Originally Posted by seg9585 (Post 1323294)

Today's team update answers this question clearly:

For BALLS with which the ALLIANCE started the MATCH, points are awarded when they are SCORED in GOALS.

Originally Posted by cgmv123 (Post 1323330)

Read the first full sentence of today's update.

Originally Posted by Sparkyshires (Post 1323787)

I think that would be a great q&a question, but i would imagine that so long as a team presses their emergency stop any ball possessed by them will be out of play.