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Originally Posted by EricH
The pyramid was not touched by 967. G27 (and its associated penalties) therefore does not apply to this situation. G30, on the other hand, does apply, due to robot/robot contact when a robot contacts its own pyramid being a factor--and G30 does not have a provision for a red card.
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G27 does not state the exact method used to interfere with the pyramid. The use of the word "interfere" suggests that a robot can affect the opposing pyramid in other ways besides direct contact. I would say pushing another robot into the pyramid is one such way of initiating contact with the pyramid.
967 purposely (in the ref's eyes, hence the G30 violation) used 148 as means to contact the pyramid to create a momentary pin (otherwise that would have been a 3pt foul). That's both indirect (but not inconsequential) contact and interference with the pyramid (use of the pyramid in a way it was not supposed to be used: the "safe zone" rules surrounding the pyramid clearly shows that the pyramid is not meant to be used to pin robots). Again, the climb points awarded to 148 show that the refs felt that 148's climb was affected: under G27, 967 should have been given a red card as well for interference with the pyramid and affecting a climb.
When it comes to climbing, there's a lot of overlap between G27 and G30. If the refs were going to call one of these fouls, they should have called both. Since G27 was not called, I am left thinking that the climb bonus should not have been added for an affected climb.