Definitely a non determinable case just given the words in the rules - you have to read the blue boxes and Q&As. While not rules in and of themselves, they are official interpretations of the rules, sort of like judgements in common law; you can't override them except at the same or higher level. That said, for an unofficial off-season event, rules and interpretations can change from what would happen at an official event. I'll provide the answer I would give if I were a judge at an official FRC event (which I'm not!), unless someone presented an overriding Q&A.
The robot was applying a mostly horizontal force, so the weight was completely or nearly completely supported by the platform. As such, you could have scored the entire stack,
except for the blue boxes under 3.1.2.3:
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Originally Posted by 3.1.2.3, blue box 1 about scoring totes, sentence 2
Generally, scored Gray TOTES would not be “leaning” off of either side, but rather they would be level with the top of the SCORING PLATFORM.
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This one weakens the case for scoring totes, for sure, but is not a killer.
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Originally Posted by 3.1.2.3, blue box 2, about RCs
When REFEREES are assessing final scores at the end of the MATCH, if it is unclear whether a TOTE, RECYCLING CONTAINER, or LITTER is being even partially supported by a ROBOT, the assumption will be that the ROBOT is supporting it (and thus it does not score). As such, it is highly recommend that DRIVE TEAMS make it very clear that their ROBOTS are not supporting any scored TOTES, RECYCLING CONTAINERS, or LITTER at the end of the MATCH.
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This one decides it clearly in favor of not scoring the RC or any of the totes, either. In practice, if the robot were to back away from a stack leaning upon it, the stack would collapse; if the robot were providing support from the carpet, none but
possibly the lowest tote would remain on the scoring platform. I'd only count the totes if their top(s) were horizontal (or in the case of haphazardly stacked totes, if their bases were touching the scoring platform or supporting totes at both ends), or there were no reasonable way to remove the robot that would end up with that specific tote off of the scoring platform.