I asked FIRST about this, and basically got back snide comments about my questions being convoluted and me abusing the forums. I asked FIRST:
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The way the rules are currently written, if your opponent's team has x containers in their scoring zone, and you take one of their containers and lift it x wSHUs into the air, their base score is reduced to zero. A robot with a tall enough lifter could easily ensure that their opponents never got any points for containers. Is this correct?
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and they replied via email:
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Rule SC8 states:
"Opponents robots in contact with containers in the alliance scoring zone will not affect the determination of the base score."
How much clearer could that be.
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This lead me to believe that stacks would be measured form the lowest bin, not from the ground, but nowhere in the rules does it say where stacks are measured from. I replied to the email they sent me asking if the height was measured from the bottom container, and they replied:
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Please do no abuse the Team Forum process. Please do not send e-mails directly to FIRST. Use the team forum. You received an e-mail response because I did not want to clutter the Forum with your convoluted question. If you abuse the forum, we will remove your access to it.
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Has anyone managed to get a real answer on this issue?