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scoring
Mike Wherley stated the scoring method as it was described by the game's designer. I think the reason for the change is to address the questions about pyramids and overlapping stacks. The only things used to calculate the score are the total number of scorable bins and the height of the tallest stack.
The highest stack is measured with a FIRST-approved Stack Measuring Device (SMD). That gives you the multiplier in Stack Height Units (SHU). Rather than try to figure out how many bins are actually in the stack, they use the SHU value to scale the base score.
You get 1 point for each bin in the scoring zone. Your multiplier is the SHU measured using the SMD.
Your score is ((# Bins in Zone) - Max SHU) * (Max SHU)
It CAN be negative. Say you score 5 bins and manage to stack 3 of them to equal 6 SHU:
Bins = 5
Max SHU = 6
Score = (5 - 6) * 6 = -6
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