[EricH]

My variant would be to remove, or lower, some section of the step (like that open area in the middle), or maybe all of it. Replace with tape. Coopertition stays.

Then: The scoring platform closest to the alliance station is protected. Contact by an opposing robot or anything under its control is penalized (using the descoring rule from this year, single penalty if no descoring happens). But the OTHER platform, the one farther away, is NOT protected. It is, however, worth double the points!



Good luck strategizing that one...mwahahahaha!