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Re: Picking up a tube in opponent's Safe Zone

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Lat's say that you're on the Blue Alliance and there's 20 seconds left in the game. You need a red triangle to complete a logo for 36 points on your top row. There's one lying in the opponents safe lane right next to your scoring rack.

Do you grab the tube, take a 3 point penalty and score the 36 points?
In a word, yes.

The point of the game is to hang as many logo pieces on the scoring grid as possible during the match (reference: The Manual, section 1.5). The objective is NOT necessarily to completely avoid getting any penalties ever.

Every rule has an associated penalty which asks you to assess the cost-vs-reward trade offs. A penalty is a consequence associated with an action taken during a game that has a "price" that is commensurate with the severity of the infraction. It is not a solid "never do this or we will condemn you to an eternity of ridicule" prohibition against the action. Sometimes the trade-off will work out such that the penalty associated with an action is outweighed by the net positive result associated with the action. In such cases, it is perfectly reasonable to take the penalty and the net positive result, and move on.

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